new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Arnaz of “I Love Lucy” 5 Skewered meat dishes
11 Col. Sanders’s restaurant 14 Muscat’s land
15 Battery terminals
16 Not feeling well 17 62-Across landmark 19 Siegfried’s partner in Vegas 20 Laurence who wrote “Tristram Shandy”
21 Vietnamese holiday 22 What’s thrown in a cafeteria fight 23 Blue Jays’ home, for short 24 62-Across museum
26 Turn down, as an offer 29 N.B.A. coach Steve 30 62-Across bridge
32 “I know! I know!” 36 Opposite of WSW 37 Basketball venue 40 Roadside bomb, for short 41 Artoo-___ of “Star Wars” 44 62-Across school
47 Clutch
50 Toy that shoots foam darts 51 62-Across cathedral
55 “… or so ___ told”
56 ___ vera
57 Airport guess, for short
58 Exile
61 Family members
62 World capital that’s the theme of this puzzle
64 She tasted the forbidden fruit 65 Many
66 One of three in a hat trick 67 Dôme ___ Invalides (historic church)
68 Extends, as a lease
69 Abbr. on many a cornerstone
DOWN
1 Bucks’mates 2 Let out 3 Social Security, Medicare, etc., collectively
4 Leading the pack
5 Green vegetable with tightly curled leaves
6 Suffix with differ
7 Diner seating option
8 Trade publication read along Madison Avenue
9 Ladybug or scarab
10 Ukr., e.g., once
11 Big name in Russian ballet 12 Elevator stop
13 Bonnie’s partner in crime 18 Scandal-ridden company of the early 2000s
22 Pelts
24 Grand ___ (cultural trip around Europe) 25 “… man ___ mouse?”
26 Zoomed
27 Top-notch
28 Drink that’s often iced 31 Second-largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca
33 Mythical ruler of Crete
34 List of options
35 Genesis garden
38 ___ of the above
39 “Vous êtes ici” (“You ___ here”) 42 Shrek, e.g.
43 Galena or bauxite
45 Hide-out for Br’er Rabbit
46 At the point in one’s life
48 Think up
49 St. Genevieve, for 62-Across
51 Like a jaybird, in an idiom
52 Shade of green
53 Shades of color
54 State formed as part of the Missouri Compromise
58 Bosom buddies, in modern lingo 59 Sing like Ella Fitzgerald 60 Clutched
62 Golf course standard
63 Strew, as seed