N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD
ACROSS
1 President George or George W. 5 Egypt’s capital 10 “Casablanca” pianist 13 Start the poker pot 14 Catkin-producing tree
15 What an oenologist is an expert on
16 Anger, in the comics
18 ___ and crafts 19 Broadcast time 20 Ill-tempered 22 Harper who wrote
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
23 Scores in baseball
25 Bit of sunshine
26 Refrain syllables in “Deck the Halls” 27 Burden too heavily 32 Honda model with a palindromic name 35 Uttered
36 Just sitting around 37 Letter after phi, chi and psi
38 Channel for Erin Burnett and Don Lemon
39 Make catty remarks from the side
40 Trig, calc, etc.
41 Lose color 42 Voice above baritone
43 Love, jealousy and anger 45 Classic distress call 46 Setting for TV’s “Cheers” 47 German car once owned by General Motors
49 Intervening space
52 Peas and peanuts, for two
56 Perfect example 58 Presidential office shape 59 Nervousness, in the comics
61 Arm or leg 62 Country singer Steve 63 Norway’s capital
64 Ginger ___ 65 White-plumed wader
66 Many souvenir shirts
DOWN
1 ___ metabolism (energy expended at rest)
2 Remove a knot from 3 Mall unit 4 Group of buffalo 5 Prickly plant 6 Basketball great Iverson 7 Wedding words 8 Extend one’s tour of duty 9 Arranged alphabetically, e.g.
10 In answer to the request
“Talk dirty to me,” she sometimes says “The carpet needs vacuuming” 11 Pantry-raiding bugs 12 See-through material 15 Odor, in the comics 17 Percussion instrument made from a gourd 21 Droopy part of a basset hound 24 No-goodnik 26 Idea, in the comics 28 Trellis-climbing plant
29 Chief Norse god
30 Big name in dog food 31 Cousin of an elk
32 Easy ___, easy go
33 Mosque leader
34 Presidential bill-killer 35 Read the U.P.C. of 39 Calm and impassive 41 Observe through a crystal ball, say
44 “Take me as ___”
45 Group of seven
48 Portrait painter Rembrandt ___
49 Bird in a gaggle 50 Enough 51 Money in Mexico 52 Name spelled out in a Kinks hit 53 Like Satan 54 Minecraft or Fortnite 55 Pirate’s plunder
57 Gait slower than a gallop
60 Blunder