NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Either of the World Series winners of 2004 and ’05
4 Pickle variety
8 Talk about ad nauseam
14 James ___, founder of the auction house that sold 38-Across
16 First name in solo flying
17 Gets excited about, e.g.
18 Dietetic restriction
19 Pot thickener?
20 Desires
22 Mucky mess
23 Basketball tactic
25 Jazz Appreciation Mo.
27 Anita of jazz
30 Cartoonist Hoff of The New Yorker 31 Beginning stage
34 Painter Magritte
35 Mountain nymph
36 Morphine, e.g.
38 Renaissance painting that was sold in November 2017 for a record $450.3 million
41 ___ retriever
42 “Nothing ___” (slangy refusal)
43 First name?
44 How some fish are caught
46 Clunky boat
49 Actress Turner
50 “Mazel ___!”
51 Excel
53 Make a request
55 Sagacious
58 Some Shoshonean speakers
59 Shut down
62 100-page stories, say 64 Passionate
65 English king who once owned 38-Across 66 Some may be flying
67 College in Westchester County, N.Y. 68 Colorant
DOWN
1 Leftovers
2 Author known for twist endings 3 Pornographic
4 Observance that begins in March: Abbr. 5 Teeny, for short
6 Lo-cal
7 Creator of 38-Across
8 First name in Solo flying?
9 Author Oz
10 Eliminating the effects of wear and tear on, as was done to 38-Across
11 Lie on one’s back and not move, maybe 12 38-Across, for one
13 Met rival from D.C.
15 Finishes, as a cake
21 Someone with intelligence?
24 Do military duty
26 Pad sharer
28 Not with
29 “___-haw!”
32 Make a declaration with a straight face 33 Vampire ___
35 7-Down, for one
37 Boats propelled by poles
38 Mixer at a party
39 “M*A*S*H” actor
40 “Grant” biographer Chernow 41 Gadot of “Justice League”
45 Word said before “then,” oxymoronically
46 Like a dame or earl
47 On pins and needles
48 Blues great Smith
52 Main part of a ship 54 Superman without a cape 56 Gallery district in Manhattan 57 Former senator Bayh
59 Is provided with
60 Work of ___ (38-Across, e.g.)
61 Sot’s problem
63 The Renaissance, e.g.