NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sound of a sneeze 6 Op-___ (newspaper
columns)
9 Capital of Oregon 14 Something a mutinying pirate might have to walk
15 December 31, for short 16 Topic in a dictionary or
on a utility bill
17 Not in a million billion
years
19 Championship
mementos
20 Big band ___ (time span after the Jazz Age)
21 Boxing family
surname 22 Counterpart of length 24 Beverage often stored
in a cellar
26 “Ave ___” (prayer) 28 Term of endearment 29 Document digitizations 31 Utah national monument called Shash Jaa' in Navajo 34 Domain
36 Establish legislatively
37 Soup scooper
38 Small container for carrying a drink when away from home 39 Man's name that's an
anagram of ELGIN 40 Rolls-___ 41 Be protective of, as a
mother hen might 43 Loose, collarless shirt
popular in India 47 Feasted
48 Messages that might
come with emojis 50 Stuff from a bog
51 Not full, as an effort,
informally
54 Sleep briefly 56 Palindromic explosive 57 Run ___ of (come into
conflict with)
58 Like some fashion
boots
61 Fruit of the Loom
competitor
62 Debit inits. on some
SNAP cards
63 To whom Alfalfa wrote “You're scum between my toes!”
64 The “A” in WASP
65 Female deer
66 Sugary DOWN 1 Source of some wire stories
2 Religious official 3 Capital of Cuba 4 1/2 + 1/2 5 Vegetable with pentagonal cross sections
6 Worthy of coveting 7 Easter egg colorer 8 Neighbor of
Montenegro 9 “What-e-e-ever you say
…”
10 China's continent 11 Indigenous
reclamation movement 12 Custardy dim sum
dessert
13 Breathable fabrics 18 Dutch ___ disease 23 Once in a blue moon 25 Infuriate
27 Sleep phase 30 Passover ritual
32 Nosh between meals 33 Become less harsh 35 Rations out
37 Partner of “prosper” in
a Vulcan saying 38 Online game with a
Battle Royale mode 39 Opposite of “I love it!” 40 Tyrannosaurus ___
41 “You crack me up!” 42 “By the power ___ in
me …”
44 End a career
45 Get into a snarl
46 To boot
49 Droop
52 Coal or gas
53 To boot
55 Some advanced
degree holders
59 “A Black Lady Sketch
Show” channel 60 “Yee-___!”