NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Common Sense” pamphleteer
6 Rambler maker
of old, for short
9 Hindu on a bed of nails 14 Yellowstone has more than two million of them 15 Guy’s square
dance partner
16 2006 Supreme Court
appointee
17 Response to
“Knock knock”
19 Fr. misses
20 On its way
21 “Esther …”
23 Cut, as with a
letter opener
25 Ore-___
(frozen food brand) 26 One referred to
as “my hero!”
29 Witchy woman
31 Not genuine: Abbr. 35 Squeeze moisture from 36 “Yvonne …”
38 Go public with
39 Natalie Portman or
Gene Simmons, by birth 41 Some E.R. cases
42 “Sadie …”
44 Reason to earn a badge 46 Whodunit’s essence 47 Like all prime numbers
but one
48 Where Dorothy and
Toto are from 49 Camera type, in brief 51 Shelter rescues, e.g. 52 “Ken …”
57 In ___ of (replacing) 61 S.S.N., e.g.
62 “Luke …”
64 General local weather pattern 65 Like some stock trades, for short 66 Like a merino
67 Can’t stomach 68 Drop in on 69 Often-buggy software versions DOWN 1 Handles clumsily 2 Need ibuprofen, say 3 Mineral plentiful in kale 4 Occupies, as a
bird does a tree 5 Ballpark fig.
6 Secret ___
7 Musical partner
of Peter and Paul 8 Queen of the
Nile, briefly 9 World-renowned 10 Words of acclamation 11 Scale unit, in most of the world 12 Subject for gossips 13 Jack’s love in “Titanic” 18 ___ metal (1980s music subgenre) 22 British pol Farage 24 KenKen solver’s need 26 Washington establishment, so to speak 27 Typeface similar to Helvetica
28 Many a September
birth
29 Overcollect?
30 Tucked in 32 Eighth-century
conquerors of Iberia 33 Second-most-populous
nation
34 Components of
some batteries 36 Stepped heavily (on) 37 Align the cross hairs on 40 Like some testimony
and enemies
43 “The deadline
has arrived”
45 Keep under
one’s thumb
48 Vegas numbers game 50 Fills with cargo 51 Biden’s successor
as V.P.
52 Hankering
53 Black-tie affair
54 Fire drill objective 55 “Chicago” simpleton
___ Hart
56 One to whom you
might say “G’day!” 58 Rolling ___ (wealthy) 59 Pulitzer winner Ferber 60 Plays for a sap
63 Play ___ with
(do mischief to)