NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Gofundme contributor 6 Snatches
10 Cubed … or played with cubes 15 Something an athlete should bring 16 Beethoven’s “Ah! perfido,” e.g.
17 Part of the throat whose name comes from the Latin for “little grape” 18 French cheese tasting that lasts only a minute?
21 Convince
22 Symbol of nakedness 23 “Shining” place in “America the Beautiful”
24 She-sheep
26 “Every kiss begins with ___” (jeweler’s slogan)
28 “That handlebar has gotta hurt!” 38 Actress de Armas of “Knives Out”
39 ___ Chu, Nobel Prize-winning member of Obama’s cabinet
40 Wikileaks source, perhaps
41 Edges
43 Gas station adjunct
44 Canadian sketch comedy show of the 1970s-’80s
45 Type of weasel
47 Stir up
50 Dig up dirt
51 Headline about a pagan rotisserie shop? 54 Sushi fish 55 Massachusetts’ Buzzards ___
56 Bit of Quidditch equipment 59 Predictably
64 Garments typically fastened in the back 68 Screed about Old Glory that goes too far?
71 Place to wear a toga
72 Western town that inspired Georgia O’keeffe
73 Middle ship of three, it’s said 74 Poker-faced
75 Estimation words
76 Recipe phrase
DOWN
1 Applies with a cotton ball 2 Fairy tale menace
3 It might be painted in the bathroom 4 Breakfast dish from a “station” 5 Zebra, slangily
6 Org. with skyrocketing expenses? 7 La-di-da
8 Tender kind of lettuce
9 Asian wrap
10 Pregnancy estimation
11 Modern reproductive procedure: Abbr.
12 Pool necessities
13 “Or ___!”
14 “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but ___”: The Economist 19 Oust
20 Nettles
25 Is, in retrospect
27 Dish next to stuffing and cranberry sauce
28 Habitat for rails and bitterns 29 Anagram and antonym of 34-Down 30 Girl Scout cookie variety
31 Coop up
32 Captain America portrayer Chris 33 Concert tees and the like
34 Let loose, in a way
35 Secret supply
36 Flirt with
37 Keebler crew
42 Overfill
46 Private employer?
48 Small Indian drum
49 Capt.’s announcement 52 “Frozen” queen
53 Animal crossing
56 Contacts list faves
57 Much
58 Pacific root vegetable
60 Quaint preposition
61 Headliner
62 Some people believe swamp gas causes them, for short 63 Furthermore
65 Mcnally’s partner
66 Opposing
67 Van Gundy of the N.B.A.
69 Rev, as an engine
70 Transcript stat