The New York Times Crossword
No. 1008
ACROSS
1 With 1-Across, toy train 5 Set of values 10 Half of cuatro 13 ___ mark (#) 14 Texas city 15 Messenger ___ 16 Introductory drawing class 17 Old game consoles 18 Early Tarzan Ron 19 Not found 21 With 21-Across, “I’ll believe it when I see it!” 23 With 23-Across, CBer’s opening 26 With 26-Across, #1 hit for the Mamas & the Papas 27 ___ Doone (cookie brand) 28 Prefix with center 31 Jobs at Apple 32 Six-pointers, in brief 33 Med. exam involving an injection into the forearm 36 “Washingtons” 37 With 37-Across and 37-Across, a holiday song 39 Lead-in to girl 42 Tots 43 ___ Records 46 Play lazily, as a guitar 48 Rap’s Dr. ___ 49 Thai or Taiwanese 51 With 51-Across, town crier’s cry 53 With 53-Across, “Nothing’s changed” 55 With 55-Across and 55-Across, real-estate catchphrase 58 Real nerve 59 ___ Records 60 Montana’s capital 62 “The lady ___ protest too much” 65 “Perfect” number 66 Part of a train headed to a refinery 67 Drama award since 1956 68 The “E” in E.S.L.: Abbr. 69 Drenches 70 With 70-Across, #1 hit for Billy Idol
DOWN
1 With 1-Down and 1-Down, lively Latin dance 2 With 2-Down, “Ver-r-ry funny!” 3 Stable employees 4 Buckeye 5 Sup 6 “Shut yer ___!” 7 Title for Goethe 8 “Green thumb” or “purple prose” 9 Universe 10 German city rebuilt after W.W. II 11 Temporarily away 12 Agrees 14 With 14-Down, like some talk shows 20 Play in the N.H.L. 22 Being pulled 23 Diner inits. 24 Curtain holder 25 Made tighter, as a knot 29 With 29-Down, nursery rhyme starter 30 Debatables 34 “As an aside,” in chat lingo 35 Big inits. in C&W 37 First lady before Michelle 38 ___ bin Laden 39 Jock 40 1976 horror film whose remake was released, appropriately, on 6/6/06 41 Copying exactly, as a sketch 43 1970 John Wayne western 44 Baseball’s Ripken 45 & 47 Collection of legends 50 Hardly ever 52 Farm letters? 54 With 54-Down, food gelling agent 56 Spanish pot 57 Bottle part 61 “Illmatic” rapper 63 With 63-Down, title boy in a 2011 Spielberg film 64 With 64-Down and 64-Down, Fat Albert’s catchphrase