NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Hacky ___ (game)
5 Loud, mocking call
9 Wash with vigor
14 Sound of a chuckle
15 Stare at, as a creep might
16 Principle to fight for
17 Z ___ zebra
18 Poetic foot with a short and a long syllable
19 Opposite of rural
20 Popular dog crossbreed
23 Common dog command
24 Coins in India
27 Have an invisible footprint
32 Whimper
35 ___ and tonic
36 Part of a test that may produce a hand cramp
37 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction”
38 Was gentle with
41 Before, in a poem
42 Tinker Bell, for one
44 Locale of the anvil and the stirrup
45 Vehicle that travels in only one direction
46 One version of poker
50 Actor Nielsen of “Airplane!”
51 Pants might burst at them
55 “S.N.L.” offering
59 Commuting option
62 Grand achievement
63 Root used in making poi
64 “Party on, ___!” “Party on, Garth!”
65 Jane Austen novel
66 Lake that feeds into Lake Ontario
67 Newspaper opinion pieces
68 Optimistic
69 Ballpoint points
DOWN
1 Retrieves, as baseballs
2 “The Fox and the Grapes” author
3 Country along Argentina’s entire
western border
4 Model and reality star Jenner
5 Connect
6 “Holy moly!”
7 Furry red monster of children’s TV
8 Having a new life
9 Made a bust?
10 Occupations
11 Massage
12 John Cougar Mellencamp’s “R.O.C.K. in the ___”
13 “Big” name in London
21 Barely scrape (by)
22 Batman and Robin are a “dynamic” one
25 Artist’s stand
26 Panic
28 Prior to now
29 Youtube clip, informally
30 Ceased
31 Green-___ monster
32 Botch, as a catch
33 Inbox accumulation
34 Relinquish, as one’s rights
38 Tornadoes
39 “Wee” fella
40 Botch something
43 Take back, as an offer
45 Add sugar to
47 Skill of an archer
48 Marijuana cigarette, in old slang
49 Use a sentence with a “?”
52 Maker of Asteroids
53 Intermittently available fast-food
sandwich
54 High heels, e.g.
56 Version that’s just for show
57 Some Thanksgiving side dishes
58 Common dog command
59 Start of every ZIP code in Virginia
60 Genre for Megan Thee Stallion
61 Sailor’s “yes”