N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD
ACROSS
1 Mind-set 5 Shells you can eat
10 Spoiled
13 With 70-Across, dramatic opening of 62-Across’s Fifth 14 A computer hacker usually uses this
15 It’s next to nada
16 Like boardinghouse rooms, again and again 18 Like all of the 62-Across works in this puzzle
20 Some garden machinery 22 It’s a laugh
23 Jewish month of 30 days 27 ___ limits (political issue)
30 Ricky Martin, e.g. [Third] 35 Big seller of camping gear
36 About
37 Pivot
38 Abbr. after Brooklyn or Cleveland 39 Exercise before a trip to Latin America, say [Sixth] 44 “___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” (hymn) 45 Quaking cause
46 Pelvic bones 47 When sung three times, a soccer anthem
48 Event before a college football game [Ninth]
52 ___ ball 54 Walk stylishly 55 Is down with 57 Like many retired academics 62 Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across 67 Only part of Egypt located in Asia 68 Potential starts of new generations 69 Broadcasting
70 See 13-Across 71 Marked incorrect 72 Trifle
73 Schlep
DOWN
1 Supervisors: Abbr.
2 Curved molding 3 Randy look 4 Released air from, as a balloon 5 Quarterback, often 6 Prince ___ Khan
7 Kind of card 8 Choose 9 Pale-faced 10 Historic Boston locale
11 What every infinitive in Esperanto ends with 12 Grumpy coworker
17 Class struggle? 19 Not at home … or caught at home
21 Part of the Greek spelling of “Aristotle” 24 Paris hangouts 25 Vocal opponent of 2001’s Patriot Act, for short 26 Like violin strings
28 The price you pay
29 Lose
30 Detroit pro player 31 Disentangle, in a way 32 David Lynch’s first featurelength film 33 Last name in “Star Wars” 34 Prefix with
cortex
40 Possibilities 41 Brief
moments 42 It’s a
laugh
43 Coastal
feature
49 Literary master of irony 50 Skedaddle 51 Stock at a saloon 53 Trimmable part
56 Get the goods
58 It may precede a breakup
59 Lowdown 60 Loser to Wilson in 1912
61 Person carrying a briefcase, maybe 62 Pricey seating area 63 December 24, e.g.
64 It’s next to nothing
65 Part of 62-Across’s name
66 64-Down, to
62-Across