new york Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Christmas Island’s closest neighbor 5 Rites of passage for college-bound students
9 “The X-Files” extra 12 “Metamorphoses” poet
13 Throws of the dice, maybe 15 Within bounds
16 ___ the Hyena of old comics
17 Key parts of a so-called supervocalic word
18 Seaweed, e.g.
19 Where gold and silver cups may be displayed
21 Like a hearth
22 Word with twist and neck
23 Impale
25 “The X-Files” extras, for short
26 Foot with claws
29 W.W. II inits.
31 Fowl places
33 “… ___ which will live in infamy” 35 Snooze
38 Broadcasting live
40 Dance often accompanied by an accordion
41 Railroad terminus: Abbr.
42 Martial art with bamboo swords 43 Green-light
44 Automotive pioneer Ransom ___ Olds 45 Guiding set of principles
46 Try
48 Nipper’s co.
50 Mormon grp.
51 Corner keyboard key 52 Meditative practice 55 Hieroglyphic figure
57 Nobel Prize subj. 59 Temperature- and humidity-controlled place
64 City near the California/Nevada border 65 Gate feature
66 Number two
67 Creep (along) 68 Elicit a slug with a pillow, maybe 69 Extra in “The Producers”
70 Good time for un pique-nique 71 Fastener with a flange
72 Tax evasion investigators, quaintly
DOWN
1 What a double shot of caffeine provides 2 State
3 Chianti or Asti Spumante
4 Not be a dinosaur
5 Didn’t leave
6 Violinist Leopold
7 Quartets after some infighting? 8 High-and-mighty sort
9 Something you might secretly push in a 24-Down
10 Octagonal
11 Heavy carts
14 Poison ___
15 Branch of the Dept. of Transportation 20 Secret spot
24 Where you might adjust the volume? 26 Family nickname
27 Teen, e.g.
28 Something you might secretly push in a 19-Across
30 Start of Massachusetts’ state motto 32 Extraordinary thing, in slang 34 Some ring decisions
36 CNN’s home: Abbr.
37 Glove purchase
39 Subjects of meltdowns
47 Some caterwauling
49 Prestige
51 Spooky
53 “Fee, fi, fo, fum” speaker in a fairy tale 54 Author Chekhov
56 Purposely placed evidence 58 Japanese drama
60 Khaki-like color
61 One of Hollywood’s Hemsworths 62 Shaping tool
63 Control, with “in”