NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Game with a maximum score of 3,333,360

7 Host Allen of TV’s

“Chopped”

10 *The outcome of a story might hinge on one

14 Get some air 15 Hotheadedness 16 Brief, abrupt changes

in direction

17 *One might say “Home

Sweet Home” 18 *Important spot on the

body for acupuncture 20 Tempest in a teapot 21 Aid for making a sand

castle

22 Vineyard vessel

23 See 42-Across 25 “Victory is ours!” 27 Unlikely homecoming

court members 29 Contribute

30 *Viewing angle 31 White-petaled daisy 32 Vault

34 ___ boots

35 Who said “When I’m ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance for surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers” 36 Bet (on)

38 “My heavens!”

42 With 23-Across,

modicum

43 Nursing ___

44 Vibe 45 Prominent 1990s

Washington duo 48 *Kind of average 50 C7H5N3O6 51 Development centers? 52 Comic actor Seth 53 Fairly small hail size 54 Subtract a year or two

from one’s age, say 55 Mentally goes [grumble grumble grumble]

57 Gulager of old TV and

film

59 & 61 What President Wilson proposed for a lasting peace … or what’s missing from the answers to the starred clues 64 Fictional schnauzer 65 Area of educ. 66 Nativity scene 67 *School overlooking

the Hudson

68 Certain intersection 69 Drill command

DOWN

1 *Locate precisely 2 Good “Wheel of Fortune” buy for CHEESE WHEEL 3 Time to indulge

4 Grp. that trademarked the phrase “Helping Survivors Survive” 5 Provides (for)

6 By birth

7 *Malcolm Gladwell best seller, with “The” 8 Something to run 9 Notarized paper 10 Attire not usually worn

outdoors, informally 11 World’s most-visited

museum

12 Sweet Rosie of old

song

13 ___ fly

19 Title usually abbreviated to its first, fifth and sixth letters 21 Certain curtains 23 *Kind of pen

24 Flash of genius, say 26 Conservatory piece 28 *Touchdown follower 33 *Aid in a speaker’s

presentation

35 Fort ___, Md.

37 Let up

38 Goes on and on and on 39 Visceral shock 40 Author Sarah ___

Jewett

41 *Part of a scatter

diagram 43 *Sycophant’s reward 45 Hearty laugh 46 Useless

47 Counters

48 Homer’s home 49 Rerun

56 Certain cricket match 58 It might be attached to

a car

60 Animal feared by

Winston in “1984” 61 Survey fig.

62 July 4, 1776, for one:

Abbr.

63 *Big moment in a

tennis match