N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
Note: To mark the 75th anniversary of the New York Times crossword, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword and regular Times puzzle contributors that will appear periodically through the year. This collaboration is by the comedian Elayne Boosler and Patrick Merrell.
ACROSS
1 TV’s “Top ___” 5 Be abrasive 10 One on a U.S. penny 14 Pause 15 Apply, as lotion 16 Moon unit? 17 Troop group 18 Modern-day remake of a Robert De Niro film? 20 Lands on a couch, say 22 Indians’ home: Abbr. 23 Part of EGBDF 24 Jessica of “Fantastic Four” 26 Fine cotton 28 Modern-day remake of a W. C. Fields film? 33 Overnight flight 34 Brief blow 35 South African golfing great 38 Kuwaiti leader 39 Whopping 40 Relative of a musette 41 Carson not known for his monologues 42 Completely busted 44 Goat coat 46 Modern-day remake of a Bing Crosby film? 49 Snooping 50 Gardner who wrote “The Case of the Negligent Nymph” 51 Canine command 54 Word derived from the name of a Belgian town 56 F.D.R., Churchill and Stalin’s last meeting place 60 ... and something to eat while watching the remakes 63 Slant 64 Rock’s Jethro ___ 65 Guy with a lot of bookings? 66 Gentle tune 67 Make litterproof? 68 Emo emotion 69 Animals that provided hair used in Chewbacca’s costume
DOWN
1 Give it up, so to speak 2 Toss 3 Little red monster 4 Sticky strip 5 French vineyard 6 Wheel adornment 7 Member of the first family 8 What may have a dog leg to the left or right? 9 Squelch 10 Computer that accurately predicted Ike’s 1952 election 11 Where a congregation congregates 12 App customer 13 “Bloody” queen 19 Please ___ (invoice stamp) 21 What good comics do 25 Tournament pass 27 Bouncer’s checks, for short? 28 Long march 29 Prefix meaning “half” 30 “All in the Family” mother 31 Feeling of anxiety 32 It’s stuck on a grill 36 Cut above the flank 37 Southern Slav 39 T.S.A. screening 40 “That so?!” 42 Film lovers may run in it 43 Half of a towel set 44 Deface 45 Kind of boid that catches the woim? 47 Like cheap toilet paper 48 Aches (for) 51 Barracks barkers: Abbr. 52 Grumbly “Are you still sleeping?” response 53 Pop 55 Video game with a square ball 57 Sci-fi princess 58 Lecture 59 They might emerge on hilltops 61 A peck in a park is one, for short 62 “As if!”