NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 What some castles are made of 5 Goaded (on)
10 Clock setting for an alarm
14 2015 “Rocky” sequel
16 String quartet member 17 Unadorned 18 Honolulu-based carrier, informally 20 Corp. money managers
21 “Big Blue”
22 Like caves with streams running through them
23 Early Uber policy unpopular with drivers 25 “Coke is it!” or “Say ‘Pepsi, please’” 27 Piece of pottery featuring Achilles, say 30 Interoffice notes
31 They’re heard but not seen 32 Firecracker that goes pfft
33 Money owed
35 Ike’s monogram
36 Cut (off)
37 Break … such as at the middle of 18-, 27-, 50- or 58-Across?
40 ___ Paulo, Brazil
41 Perch for a ball
42 Humble response to a compliment 43 “___ be my pleasure”
44 “There’s something else you should know …”
46 Desert refuge
50 Military bottoms, informally
52 How you can shop without leaving home 53 In the thick of
54 Getting close, in a guessing game 56 Trail Blazers’ org.
57 Bar mitzvah, e.g.
58 Made snappy comments
62 Meter or liter
63 Rose petal oil
64 Enrique Peña ___, Mexican president beginning in 2012
65 Their maximum scores are 1600 66 Word before “wrong” or “welcome” 67 Bummer
DOWN
1 Serious rift
2 Supportive of cultivation
3 One may attend a class on parenting 4 Antismuggling org.
5 Actress ___ Rachel Wood
6 Tree whose leaves appear in many Chinese fossils
7 ___ long way
8 Certain Ivy Leaguer
9 Utmost, informally
10 “Fresh Off the Boat” network 11 Certain crime boss
12 Stops from slipping
13 Fooled (around)
15 Played some tunes, say 19 McKellen of “The Hobbit”
24 Gives the nod
26 Emphatic rejection
28 Fashion designer Gernreich
29 Says “You and I are done,” e.g. 31 Scattered
34 “Fine then!”
36 Unwavering, as a friend
37 “O.K., you got me”
38 Paleo diet staple
39 Tony Stark’s alter ego in comics and movies
40 Staying power
43 Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun
44 Special ___ (unconventional missions)
45 “Cross my heart and hope to die!” 47 Baseball pitch that suddenly drops 48 Not quite ready for full release
49 Old salt
51 Clifford who wrote “Golden Boy” 52 Bruin hockey legend 55 Something to build on 59 Japanese figure skater Midori 60 Nickname formed by three consecutive letters of the alphabet
61 El ___ (Spanish hero)