NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Man’s name that means “king” 4 Taxpayers’ IDs
8 Verbal digs
13 Palindromic farm animal
14 St. Patrick, for the Irish
15 Is a first-stringer
17 *Monthly charge for a London apartment?
19 Garb
20 Targets
22 Follower of the first intermission 23 Mineral in bath powder 26 *French fries on a London card table?
28 Mushroom used in sukiyaki 30 Arrives on time for
31 90° from ENE
32 Like a doctor’s penmanship, stereotypically
36 Sign of spring
39 First X, say
40 *Catalog from a London raincoat designer?
42 Spot in la mer
43 Herd unit
45 Learjet competitor
46 Cardinal ___
47 What like-pole magnets do 49 Johnny Appleseed, e.g.
51 *Part of a London police officer’s uniform?
56 Furtive “Hey, you!”
57 Home of the Ewoks 58 Perfectly
60 Add, per a recipe 62 *Conveyance in a multilevel London store?
66 Place for a sword 67 Dagwood’s bratty neighbor 68 Message on an offstage card 69 Lucy’s sitcom pal
70 Beat people?
71 What curtains may signify
DOWN
1 TKO caller
2 Harry Potter’s Hedwig, e.g. 3 Roll-call call
4 Familiar voice since 2011
5 Rascal
6 “I beg to differ”
7 Weaselly sort 8 Character-building youth org. 9 What follows a cry of “Char-r-rge!” 10 Mechanism in a unidirectional wrench
11 Words found in the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues
12 Remove with a sandblaster, say 16 Dos y cuatro
18 Bulletin board item 21 Conductors set them
23 Final frame in bowling
24 Lennox of Eurythmics
25 Atkins plan, e.g.
27 Synthetic alternative to silk 29 Suffix with sex
33 Gets ready to play basketball, say, with “up”
34 Cat once prized for its fur
35 Airer of Ken Burns documentaries 37 Many a rapper’s name
38 George who played Norm on “Cheers” 41 Ike’s home state: Abbr.
44 ___ Harry, vocalist for the band Blondie 48 Fool’s gold
50 German automaker
51 First lady after Eleanor
52 Words before double or take 53 Sine’s reciprocal, briefly
54 Frida who was portrayed in film by Salma Hayek
55 Crush, in a way, with “on”
59 Some narrative writing
61 Org. with the Original Six teams 63 What 61-Down teams play on 64 Amusement
65 Sen. Cruz