N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 Winning a blue ribbon 5 San ___ (California city, informally) 9 Trite

14 State as fact

15 Toy that hurts when you step on it barefoot 16 Defendant’s excuse 17 Some deep voices

19 Kind of snack chip

20 Letter container: Abbr.

21 Have debts

22 When a plane is due to leave, for short 24 Sweetie

25 Her: Fr.

27 Parts of gas stoves 29 Like movies with considerable sex or violence

31 “___ a stinker?” (Bugs Bunny catchphrase) 32 Friendship 33 Kind of cherry

34 Electrical adapter letters 38 “Dee-lish!” 39 Mash-up 42 Paris street 43 One who’s well-versed in the arts? 45 Stout and porter

46 Protein builder, informally 48 Sharp or

sour in taste 50 Fireplace log holders 51 Where touchdowns are scored 54 Prefix with business or culture

55 Seoul-based automaker 56 Pretty ___ picture 57 “Dude” 58 College in Cedar Rapids,

Iowa

61 They were released from Pandora’s box

63 “That was fortunate” 66 Special Forces headgear 67 One of several on a superhighway 68 Analogy phrase

69 “Get Yer

___ Out!” (Rolling Stones live album) 70 School founded by Henry VI 71 Auto license issuers, for short

DOWN

1 Sweetie 2 Actress ___ Rachel Wood 3 Be in jail 4 Prefix with cycle

5 With 50-Down, place that this puzzle grid represents 6 Descartes who said “I think, therefore I am”

7 Grow older 8 Some facial jewelry

9 One holding people up

10 Pie ___ mode 11 Limited kind of market 12 Despise 13 Detroit pro team

18 “See? What’d I say!” 23 Polynesian kingdom 26 Tennis doover

27 Brand of

Irish cream liqueur

28 ___ Fáil (ancient crowning stone) 29 Skatepark feature

30 Bullets and such

33 United States symbol

35 “You did it all wrong!,” e.g.

36 Hill on a beach

37 Corp. V.I.P.s 40 Important pipes 41 Actress Robbie of “I, Tonya”

44 Cartoon “devil,” informally 47 Damage in appearance 49 The U.S. has East and West ones 50 See 5-Down 51 Barely make it

52 Skin care brand since 1911

53 Milk and cheese products, collectively 57 Lead singer for U2

59 Airing

60 Self

identities

62 Meadow

64 Feedbag tidbit

65 Placed so as not to be found