NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Classic Halloween

costume

6 Gossip, e.g.

10 ___ the fat (gossip, e.g.) 14 Tag for the “Friday the 13th” film subtitled “A New Beginning” 15 One of a pair on a car 16 Dance in a festive skirt 17 Addition to a soda, but not to a beer 18 Onetime Queens stadium

19 Format much used for action films 20 What 7-Down is 23 Extended story line 26 Spun fiber

27 Thick Japanese noodle 28 Fix, as the back

of a shoe

30 What you might do when you cross your fingers 32 Den grp.

35 See 10-Down 36 Condition that causes

fidgeting, informally 38 Sporting blades

40 For each item

41 Philly basketballer 43 Pair that’s kissing? 44 Evil spirit

46 Cuisine with

tom yum soup

47 Prefix with chamber 48 Stir 49 Cat-o’-nine-tails component

51 Its head is in the Himalayas

53 One bound to the land 55 Some Marvel superheroes

57 Urban grid: Abbr. 58 Shape of 7-Down 61 Carefully search 62 McCarthy aide Roy 63 Gave (out)

67 Eins + zwei

68 Band with the 1988 #1

hit “Need You Tonight” 69 Common name for a central rail station 70 Detective’s assignment 71 Govt. org. for whistle-blowers 72 Dance or dip

DOWN

1 One talking to a driver? 2 Fashion statement at

the Kentucky Derby 3 Hockey great Bobby 4 Try

5 Lucy Ricardo, to Ricky 6 One of Caesar’s assassins

7 When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure 8 Downwind

9 Ally (with)

10 With 35-Across, actor who said “You can’t fool me, there ain’t no Sanity Clause” 11 Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down 12 Carrier to the Mideast 13 Linoleum cover 21 Spanish stews

22 Nice thought? 23 Spanish ___ 24 Gathered

25 Genetic bundles 29 Brand of dry-erase

markers

31 Ancient theaters 33 Quidditch team, e.g. 34 Evaluate

37 Morse units, informally 39 Architect’s drawing 42 Brightest star in Orion 45 Workers’ rights agcy. 50 Big workers’ grp.

since 1955

52 Ill will

54 Jazzman Blake 56 Smart society 58 Picasso muse

___ Maar

59 They go to great lengths

60 Lucy Lawless title role 61 Flu-fighting org.

64 Up to, informally 65 Goddess whom Homer

called “rosy-fingered” 66 Subject of this puzzle