N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD
ACROSS
1 Lab test
6 View from Liechtenstein
9 Square 14 Water slide 15 Word that becomes its own opposite if its first letter is removed 16 Hall’s partner 17 So much, in music
18 *1st and 5th 20 “Count me in”
22 Garment often made of silk 23 Kid-centric org.
24 *1st separate, 2nd and 3rd together, and 4th and 5th together 27 Tied in ___ 28 Encourage 32 Spongy growth 34 Potent strain of marijuana 37 Chateauxlined river 38 Sanctions 39 *2nd and 3rd separated 41 Irk
42 Response to “Am not!” 44 Newswoman Phillips
45 Spot for a sitting duck
46 101
47 Some natural hairstyles
49 *1st
55 “The Simpsons” shopkeeper 58 Four-time Grammy winner Lovett 59 Display contempt for, in a way 60 *2nd and 3rd crossed 63 Adult insect stage 64 ___ and wiser
65 Playbill part, informally 66 What each number in the starred clues represents 67 “They’re creepy and they’re ___” (start of the “Addams Family” theme song) 68 Dot follower 69 14 pounds, in Britain
DOWN
1 When
Aida dies in Verdi’s “Aida” 2 Former performing orca
3 Popular beachwear 4 Charges 5 Extra on “Star Trek” 6 Outcome of being fired? 7 Capital at an elevation of 12,000 feet 8 Disciplinary 9 With “please” or “if I may,” say 10 Language with more than 25 vowel sounds 11 Perched on 12 Soap that comes in blue-green bars
13 Far from harbor
19 Minions’ leader in “Despicable Me”
21 Longstemmed mushroom 25 Unable to answer any more clues, say
26 ___ trip
29 Tries something 30 Gold and silver have them, but not bronze 31 “Step right up!”
32 Biblical kingdom in modernday Jordan 33 Cajun cooking staple
35 Pen that’s full of oink? 36 Goddesses of the seasons 39 Low, creaky speaking register 40 Traverses 48-Down, in a way
43 [Not my error]
45 High rollers’ preference, perhaps
48 Water
hazards
50 Where Ross taught paleontology on “Friends,” for short 51 “Goodness me!” 52 Extremely cold
53 Strand at an airport, maybe
54 Govt.backed security 55 “Well, I guess so” 56 Word with shirt or grounds 57 Off-the-neck style
61 Apt rhyme for “shriek” 62 This puzzle’s solver