NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bouquet holder 5 Leaf-gathering tool 9 Org. that distributes music royalties 14 “SportsCenter” channel
15 Better than ___ 16 Hole digger’s tool 17 *Annual event displaying agricultural products
19 Japanese beer brand 20 Unexpressed 21 Children’s author ___ Asquith
23 Dog biter 24 ___-friendly (green) 25 *Spilling a drink or eating all the guacamole, say 27 Rhythmic pattern 30 Junior ___, 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker 31 Rock grp. with the 1977 song “Rockaria!” 32 Sun or planet 34 Socially assertive types 38 Original Beatles bassist
___ Sutcliffe
39 *Candy from a
candy machine 41 Miner’s haul
42 Hauling
44 Fold-up bed
45 Item in a caddie’s bag 46 Bread served
with vindaloo 48 Rangers or Flyers 51 *Attack from the sky 55 One might end with .org
56 Roulette playing piece 57 Envision
58 Low voice
61 A hot one might be trending 63 Narrow escape … or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is? 66 Met performance 67 Brother mentioned more than 70 times in Genesis 68 Nonstick cookware
brand
69 Extend, as a membership 70 Peeved 71 Dreamcast console maker
DOWN
1 Word after life or bulletproof
2 “The Thin Man” dog 3 *In a daze
4 Lead on
5 Official with a whistle, informally 6 Screen siren Gardner 7 Knightley of “The Imitation Game” 8 Flubs
9 “___ and ye shall receive” 10 Add some style to 11 Monte ___ (gambling haven) 12 Parisian goodbye 13 Punishment-related 18 School founded by King Henry VI 22 Covertness
25 Request at a hair salon 26 “You folks,” in Dixie 27 “___ la vie”
28 Midlevel voice 29 Middle-aged women with eyes for younger men 33 Original “Monty Python” network 35 *Vacationer’s container for valuables 36 Length x width,
for a rectangle 37 Appear to be
39 Pesky flier
40 Of the highest rank 43 Motivate
47 Siblings’
daughters
49 It lets things slide 50 Expanses of land 51 One in a cast
52 “If there’s any justice!” 53 Become edible,
as a fruit
54 Ashton Kutcher TV role 59 Metal refuse 60 Widemouthed pot 62 Sound like a crow 64 Rowboat propeller 65 Take legal action