N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Plays for time, in a way
6 Word repeated by Hamlet before “solid flesh”
9 Hairstyle for Audre Lorde
13 Bozo
14 13thcentury Persian mystic who is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S.
16 Cookout
side dish
17 Mario
Kart contestant 18 The Aggies of the Mountain West Conference 20 “Blech!”
21 Black ___ 23 Indigenous 24 Decorative
items washed up on the beach 27 Meal accompaniment at a trattoria
28 Flotsam and Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid” 29 Crusty piece of bread
31 Stick up
34 The Lorax’s
final word
36 ___ Duncan,
Obama education secretary
37 Musician
Yoko
38 Hollywood’s Dwayne Johnson, with “the” 39 Like the blood of a universal donor
41 Tech that enables contactless credit card payments 42 Neither’s
partner
43 Wedge, e.g. 44 Loquacious 46 Bit of water or snow equipment 47 What a QR code at a restaurant might link to 48 Verdant
49 Digs
51 Most desirable, say, as a ripe peach
55 “Can it!”
57 Where Boxing
Day comes before Christmas, in brief?
58 Ill
59 Jiffy
61 Underwater
ecosystems 63 Cooling
succulent 64 It may be taken in protest
65 Start of a saying about staying fit 66 Lairs
67 Is the pope
Catholic?
68 Adam who directed “The Big Short”
DOWN
1 Malware, often 2 “Curiosity killed the cat,” e.g. 3 Author of “Jurassic Park” 4 Who wrote “To Helen” and “For Annie” 5 Ambles 6 Support structure 7 Not in the closet 8 Muscat’s sultanate 9 Actor John or Sean 10 Fleeting romantic interest 11 Give feedback on Yelp, maybe 12 Fall short 15 “Beats me!” 19 It may turn at a station 22 Shift blame to someone else 25 Nerdy sort 26 “Get it together!” … or a hint to the highlighted letters 30 ’Fore 32 “Roger that, boss!” 33 Corpus 34 Locales for some Grecian art 35 Cozy place 40 Thither 41 Farrier’s tool 43 Strike hard, in the Bible 45 Like the same old same old 50 Hiding soldiers in the Trojan horse and such 52 Good things to strike 53 Actress Vergara 54 Quick to snap 55 Lone 56 One providing a ride at a fair, maybe 59 Tricked 60 French word between two names 62 “Exit” key