NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Put a cork in

6 “___ pass” 10 Girl-watch or boy-watch 14 Leveled

15 Queens stadium that was 14-Across in 2008-09 16 Recess in a room 17 Prized taste in ramen 18 Rocks whose names often end in “-ite” 19 Feeling sad

20 Part of a fire safety system

23 Critical cluck

24 Wait awhile 25 Dance place that might have a revolving ball overhead 28 Flipped

31 Peter the Great, for one

33 Addams Family cousin 34 “All bets ___ off” 35 Constantinople

was its capital

40 Tulsa sch.

41 ___ Ep (college frat) 42 Op-ed writer Douthat 43 Instruments of

renewable energy 48 Some Miller beers 49 Egyptian sacred bird 50 1, along the East Coast:

Abbr. 53 Much-anticipated sporting events … or, when spoken, what 20-, 28-, 35- and 43-Across have?

57 Chicago mayor Emanuel

59 Reverse 60 Pitch-perfect?

61 Edible succulent 62 Easily pushed around 63 Orange container 64 “Good ___ almighty!” 65 Rowers may have a row of them

66 Old flame?

DOWN

1 Leftover pizza part 2 Places for genies 3 Southern Missouri’s

___ Mountains

4 Game before the final 5 Pennsylvania university that’s home to the Fighting Scots 6 Tristan’s love, in legend 7 Loose-leaf sheet holder 8 Creepy look

9 Unit of corporal punishment

10 How a suspect might be released 11 Elementary school honors

12 Reed with a guitar 13 Barely get (by) 21 Most common Korean surname (22%) 22 Alternative to .com 26 Largest object in the asteroid belt 27 Work of Horace 28 Perched (on) 29 ___-Foy, Que. 30 Deposit site, for short 31 Traditional Japanese gate

32 “Don’t try this at home” spectacle 36 Spartans of the

Big Ten Conf. 37 Precious supply on a spaceship

38 ___ of mind

39 What 46-Down runs on 40 Symbol of wisdom 44 Judged

45 3-1-1 liquids rule

enforcer, for short 46 Apple reading app 47 Light bite

50 Help for an addict 51 Like the expressions “a dime a dozen” and “a penny for your thoughts” 52 Ending with poly54 Sport conducted

in a dohyo

55 Prime draft category 56 Standard

57 Car wash aid

58 Pie ___ mode