NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Talking animal in some fairy tales 5 It’s gripping
10 Summer vacation spot
15 Musical Horne
16 Come out of one’s shell
17 “My luck is bound to change” 18 Exclamation of surprise, in Britain 19 “When the stars make you drool just like pasta fazool, that’s ___” 20 Organ that Prometheus regenerated nightly
21 ___ Xing
22 Reality TV show, when 59-Across? 24 Cut of beef in a Newport steak 26 Vatican V.I.P.
27 Famous feuder with Jay-Z 28 Chilled, when 59-Across?
31 Ding, e.g.
32 Caterwaul
33 Sneaky ___ (trickster)
34 Crew’s need
36 Left slack-jawed
38 Aerate, when 59-Across? 42 Grand ___
44 [That’s so … sad]
45 Skip out (on)
49 Costello of Abbott and Costello 50 Small dog, informally 53 “Possibly,” when 59-Across? 55 Hole-punching tool
56 Sign for good or ill
58 Did a blacksmith’s job 59 Experiencing a vision problem 63 Get a bite
64 Slowly break down
65 Two of the heart’s chambers
66 ___ mater
67 Babble
68 Shopping aids
69 Utah town near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
70 Said “O-D-O-U-R,” e.g.
71 Apt rhyme for “cache”
72 The salon names To Dye For and Best Little Hairhouse (both real!), e.g. DOWN
1 Cap on many a shampoo bottle 2 Member of the B-team
3 Slimming down
4 Part of L.G.B.T.Q.
5 Advocate for
6 Eastern priest
7 The whole shebang
8 Substitute for legal tender
9 Real standout
10 Insulting designation from a pirate
11 Mideast bigwig
12 Typical part of a book deal
13 Line holdup? 14 Nonconforming opinion 22 Diver’s need
23 College admissions fig. 25 Famed fountain name 29 Sacred creature in ancient Egypt
30 She threw the apple of discord, in Greek myth
35 Took a tumble, as the stock market 37 Big name in grills
39 High number?
40 “Just a number,” according to a common saying 41 Superhero with super speed 42 Give some juice
43 Prime directive
46 Poet who read at President Clinton’s
1993 inauguration 47 Creative sort 48 Beginnings of some trips 49 Light sources in a light show 51 “Wow!,” in a text
52 Gold and silver
54 “The Gold-Bug” author 57 Playground call
60 One with millions of Instagram followers, say
61 ___ Major 62 Smithereens
66 Rock band’s need