new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Home to Queen Sonja 5 Feather’s partner 8 Short fly ball 13 “Well done!” 14 Part of a house that projects 15 “___ a Grand Old Flag” 16 Campus area for amorous students? 18 Common spreadsheet program 19 Barely got 20 Reporter’s non-W query 22 Plot turner 23 S.E.C. school near Atlanta, for short 24 Manages 26 Flutterer around Orange County and L.A.? 32 Holed, as a putt 33 Rent out 34 Where Seoul and Pyongyang are 35 Groan-worthy remark, say 36 Unable to see … or, when taken as a homophone, what today’s puzzle answers and clues all are 39 Rock concert need 40 Lagoon surrounder 42 Beverage that may be labeled “XXX” 43 Layers of dark green eggs 44 Put-down to someone from Manhattan or the Bronx? 48 Horse genus 49 Spun trap 50 Cause of Cleopatra’s death 53 Large coffee vessel 54 Judge’s voluntary removal from a case 58 James who wrote “Ulysses” 60 Marathons, way back when? 62 Edge of a green 63 Dear, as a memory 64 German pop star who once had a #2 song 65 Butler who frequented Tara 66 Game that has Draw Two and Reverse cards 67 “On the double!”
DOWN
1 Shrek, for one 2 Boozehound 3 ___ Star State 4 Unusual sort 5 Not at all lax 6 Gardner who played the Barefoot Contessa 7 Extremely popular 8 When N.F.L. teams don’t have to play 9 Salty bagel topper 10 “That hurts!” 11 Snack that’s often pulled apart 12 One-named soccer star 14 Just as much 17 What could make you take a deep breath 21 ___-out clause 24 Buccaneer’s sword 25 “No seats left” letters at a theater 26 Pan-fry 27 Currently watchable 28 Nectar collector 29 Set up 30 Creature from Madagascar 31 Talks, talks, talks 32 Extend across 36 Well-spoken 37 Many an annex 38 Japanese salad green 41 Soapmaker’s supply 43 Co-star of H’wood’s “The Brothers McMullen” 45 Capek play that debuted the word “robot” 46 Means of self-defense 47 Adam’s apple locale 50 Not fully closed 51 10th-grade student, for short 52 End for Joan of Arc 54 Former attorney general Janet 55 Food for a woodpecker 56 Ballet dancer Pavlova 57 Kaplan course subj. 59 Barracks bed 61 Weasley of the Harry Potter books