NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Hacky ___ (game) 5 Loud, mocking call 9 Wash with vigor 14 Sound of a chuckle 15 Stare at, as a creep
might
16 Principle to fight for 17 Z ___ zebra
18 Poetic foot with a short
and a long syllable 19 Opposite of rural 20 Popular dog
crossbreed 23 Common dog
command
24 Coins in India
27 Have an invisible
footprint
32 Whimper
35 ___ and tonic
36 Part of a test that may
produce a hand cramp 37 Thurman of “Pulp
Fiction”
38 Was gentle with 41 Before, in a poem 42 Tinker Bell, for one 44 Locale of the anvil and
the stirrup
45 Vehicle that travels in
only one direction 46 One version of poker 50 Actor Nielsen of
“Airplane!”
51 Pants might burst at
them 55 “S.N.L.” offering 59 Commuting option 62 Grand achievement 63 Root used in making
poi
64 “Party on, ___!”“Party
on, Garth!”
65 Jane Austen novel 66 Lake that feeds into
Lake Ontario 67 Newspaper opinion
pieces
68 Optimistic 69 Ballpoint points
DOWN
1 Retrieves, as baseballs 2 “The Fox and the
Grapes” author 3 Country along Argentina’s entire western border
4 Model and reality star
Jenner
5 Connect
6 “Holy moly!”
7 Furry red monster of
children’s TV
8 Having a new life 9 Made a bust? 10 Occupations 11 Massage
12 John Cougar Mellencamp’s “R.O.C.K. in the ___”
13 “Big” name in London 21 Barely scrape (by) 22 Batman and Robin are
a “dynamic” one 25 Artist’s stand
26 Panic
28 Prior to now 29 Youtube clip, informally 30 Ceased
31 Green-___ monster 32 Botch, as a catch 33 Inbox accumulation 34 Relinquish, as one’s
rights
38 Tornadoes
39 “Wee” fella
40 Botch something 43 Take back, as an offer 45 Add sugar to
47 Skill of an archer 48 Marijuana cigarette, in
old slang
49 Use a sentence with a
“?”
52 Maker of Asteroids 53 Intermittently available
fast-food sandwich 54 High heels, e.g. 56 Version that’s just for
show
57 Some Thanksgiving
side dishes 58 Common dog
command
59 Start of every ZIP code
in Virginia
60 Genre for Megan Thee
Stallion
61 Sailor’s “yes”