N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fungusfilled, maybe 8 E.R. V.I.P.s 11 “___ homo” 15 “Insecure” actress
16 Alley ___ (flashy basketball play) 17 Cowboy’s pal
18 Hard deposit in a bladder 20 Bone-dry 21 Dine
22 Queen’s realm?
24 They aren’t what they appear to be 27 Boxer’s cry 28 Base on balls 29 Legislation often resulting from compromise 34 Placid
35 Norm: Abbr. 36 Word in an alumnae directory, maybe
37 Adage on the impermanence of suffering … or a hint to 18-, 29-, 46- and 61-Across
43 Bit in a horse’s mouth?
44 Shade
45 Coat in
winter
46 N.F.L. signal caller
51 “Not to mention …”
52 Take a stab 53 “Well, alrighty …” 56 Spots for idols 59 Timeline unit
60 Ben & Jerry’s alternative 61 Jiffy
66 Santa’s coat? 67 Novelist Rand
68 Vague comment akin to
“More than you might think” 69 Burden 70 Disreputable newspaper 71 Jane Pauley and Rachel Maddow
DOWN
1 Hard lemonade brand 2 Thomas in the Basketball Hall of Fame 3 Paper you take to go on a trip? 4 “Dapper” guy
5 “Able was I ___ I saw Elba”
6 “No ___!” (or its response) 7 “Without question” 8 Ocean dweller so named for its roundish, silvery body 9 Terse caution 10 Building detail
11 Govt. testing site for air and water quality
12 Area between Virginia and Georgia 13 Small creases, as in foil
14 Small whirlpool 19 Causing the lips to pucker
23 The “O” of B.Y.O.B. 25 They get dropped for emphasis 26 Tiff
27 Under ___ (brand of athletic wear)
30 Greeting in Honolulu 31 Like the sky on cloudless nights 32 Do some improv
33 “___ Miz” 37 Number one, as on a chart 38 Complained about ad nauseam 39 “Should have listened to me!”
40 Accepting that one can’t do better 41 “Wow, that’s 2 funny!”
42 Little kiss
47 Expeditions by knights 48 ___ Intrepid (N.Y.C. carrier museum) 49 Gaelic
language
50 Protests during an anthem, say 54 “… but I could be wrong”
55 Bulb units 56 Córdoba : Nicaragua :: ___ : Cuba 57 Transport up a bunny slope
58 Maisie Williams’s role on “Game of Thrones” 62 In good physical shape
63 V.J. employer, once
64 ___Kosh B’gosh 65 Iconic Andy Warhol subject