NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Proverbs and the like 11 Upscale hotel amenities
15 The U.S.S.R., to Reagan 16 Opposite of slack
17 All over the place
18 What Zeus trapped Typhon under, in myth 19 Ena in “Bambi,” e.g.
20 Free
22 Like some bad nextdoor neighbors
25 Cause to recall? 26 Instrumental that might accompany a blooper reel
30 Natural flavorer of Scotch
32 Cure-all
33 When doubled, enthusiastic
35 Love is sometimes compared to one 37 Idiosyncrasy
38 Internet user’s aid 41 Calculating sort, in brief 42 Eliciting an “Eww!” 44 Middle of Q3 on co. reports
45 Noted surname among 1973 Yale Law graduates
47 Where Warren Buffett sells an annual lunch date for charity
49 Soul group that did the soundtrack for “Car Wash”
51 Vast quantity
53 Herald
54 Island shelters? 57 Shakespeare’s “poor venomous fool”
60 Not to mention? 61 Dogmatic sorts 65 Cheaper option of a tech device, maybe 66 Vibe
67 Sharp quality
68 High light?
DOWN
1 Select ___
2 Who wrote “Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace” 3 Venice Film Festival
locale
4 Sheet by a bed, perhaps
5 Basketball Hall-offamer Unseld
6 Small handful
7 They’ll surely be mist 8 Losing effort 9 Speaking engagement?
10 Battlefield cry 11 Girded
12 Androcentric social system
13 Ena in “Bambi,” e.g. 14 Not go anywhere 21 Awesome song, in modern slang
23 Singer Williams of the Temptations
24 Classic source of damask
26 Appropriately named brand of coolers
27 Title literary character who exclaims “How puzzling all these changes are!”
28 Relative of karate
29 “All systems ___!”
31 “Me Against the World” rapper
34 ___ pants
36 Up (for)
39 Sought help from 40 Something opened in hot water
43 Marina frequenter, informally
46 Jack ___, Alec Baldwin’s “30 Rock” role
48 ___ high
50 “Already?”
52 Like some kites
54 A lot to read
55 During
56 Name that’s 53-Across backward
58 Doesn’t settle in advance, say
59 Country where Quechua and Aymara are spoken
62 Tab that’s paid for illegally?
63 German grandparent 64 Cotton, starting in 2015: Abbr.