N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Part of a constellation
5 Facing the pitcher
10 Top Olympic medal 14 Parasitic insects that suck 15 Digestive aid brand
16 Song for a diva
17 Prefix with knock or lock 18 Position sought every six years 20 Close guy friend
22 In his Webby Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech (which is limited to five words), he said “Please don’t recount this vote” 23 What unagi is, at a sushi bar
24 2014 film in which David Oyelowo played Martin Luther King Jr.
26 Home theater feature, maybe
31 “To thine ___ self be true” 32 Chineseborn architect who won a 43-Across 33 Wellbehaved 35 Odometer button 37 Vietnamese New
Year
38 Row of bushes 39 What to leave a phone message after 40 Got out of bed
42 Home heating option 43 Annual award for architects 47 Coat of paint 48 Chaney of silent films 49 Far ___ (a long distance away)
52 Safest course of action 56 Pop-up store opportunity for bargain hunters 59 Vogue competitor 60 Savings plans for old age, in brief
61 :
62 Cape Canaveral org.
63 Erotic 64 Newspaper pieces collected in the book “The Last Word”
65 “How do you like ___ apples?” DOWN 1 Close with a bang
2 Funny
Fey 3 Intermission preceder 4 Director Rob 5 Son of David in the Old Testament 6 One starting college, typically 7 Prohibit 8 Santa ___ winds 9 Wrecks beyond repair 10 Dashboard dial that goes from “E” to “F” 11 Cookie since
1912
12 Polygraph flunker
13 See socially
19 Red Muppet on “Sesame Street”
21 Kind of badge for a scout
24 One expressing contempt 25 Newspaper worker 26 Clean with a broom 27 Al ___, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner 28 Slow on the ___ 29 Product for one pulling an allnighter 30 Motherless calf 31 Heavenly sphere 34 Dover’s state: Abbr. 36 Cause of seizures 38 Long lunches? 41 Lymphocyteproducing organs
44 Like most centers in basketball 45 Louisiana music typically featuring an accordion 46 Purpose 49 Thrift shop caveat
50 Taxi charge 51 Big-screen film format 52 Rorschach image 53 Lackluster 54 “If all ___ fails …” 55 Sports squad
57 Have a bawl
58 Ring master?