NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Kids and their parents 6 Help with a job, in a way 10 Wanted, but nowhere

to be found 14 Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer

15 Winged chatterbox 16 Deal (with)

17 Hive minders

19 Having trouble

deciding 20 Early-season farming

task

21 C, for one

23 Video chat disruption 24 Words before “the stars are brightly shining,” in a carol

27 Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach

32 Winged hooter 33 Grind, as one’s teeth 34 Second-most-visited website worldwide, after Google

36 Many a Hollywood car

crash

38 So as not to stand out 39 Some South Pacific

greetings

42 “Skol!,” in Sauternes 44 Literally, “on fire” … or, metaphorically, excellent

45 “Three coins” fountain

location

47 Lip 49 Scatter, as flower

petals

50 Drink that comes with

a buzz cut?

53 Gently touch, either

forward or backward 54 Staples of West African

cuisine

55 Frustrate

61 Et ___ (and others) 63 Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order?

65 Neatnik’s opposite 66 Palindromic fashion

magazine

67 Petulant

68 Line up

69 Ones calling offsides

70 Garlic squeezer

DOWN

1 Yaks

2 Twistable snack item 3 From the top

4 First man, in Polynesian creation myth 5 Observed

6 Rock blaster

7 “Ta-ta!”

8 Prepares to get schooled, perhaps 9 Yummilicious

10 Not just sit around daydreaming

11 Just sit around daydreaming

12 ___ Book Club 13 Yardstick

measurement

18 ___ trip

22 Swamps 25 De-weeder

26 West Coast burger

chain

27 Cries of dismay 28 “Sweet Jane”

songwriter Reed 29 Indented part of an

outline

30 ___ rima (eight-line

stanza)

31 Invalidate

35 Sch. affiliated with the Latter-day Saints

37 Amy who wrote “The

Joy Luck Club” 40 Bouncer’s concern

41 Female hog

43 Ride roughshod over 44 911 responder

45 QB’S six-pointer

46 In actuality

48 In and of ___

51 Means of tagging in a

game

52 Class offered at many

Y.M.C.A.S

56 Baking meas.

57 “That’s ___ business” 58 Workhorse that’s only

part horse

59 Tattoo shop supplies 60 Ice cream brand 62 “American Idol” airer

starting in 2018 64 “___ Miz”