new york times crossword
This puzzle is a collaboration by Rachel Maddow, the host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” working together with Joe DiPietro, a bar owner in New York City. This is Joe’s 129th crossword for The Times.
ACROSS
1 Hosp. units 4 ___ peas 10 Basics 14 Kind of flour 15 1965 Michael Caine spy thriller, with “The”
17 ___ grano salis 18 What might help a hacker go undetected? 19 Deride 21 Kentucky’s northernmost county 22 Abbr. in an auction catalog 23 Gambling card game 24 “Doctor Faustus” novelist 25 Part of an oven 27 Similar (to) 28 Actor with seven Primetime Emmys 30 Greek cheese 31 Tennis player, to sportswriters 33 Op-ed, e.g. 35 Cocktail with rye whiskey 37 Sean Hannity and Chris Hayes 41 Quarry of cartoondom’s Gargamel 43 Pope when Elizabeth I took the throne 44 Virus in 2003 news 47 Cellphone component 49 Do some programming 50 Stud of the sports world? 52 Walked over 53 Hard ___ 54 Footwear brand since 1978 55 Hollywood agent Michael 57 Military gathering? 58 Journalist’s tool since ’67 61 Home of Sen. Mike Crapo: Abbr. 62 Political leader? 63 Sister 64 Elate 65 Like baking dough 66 Big mean on campus
DOWN
1 Those who’ve seen both Europe and Asia, say 2 Home to Lake Waiau 3 1928 Winter Olympics site 4 Keeper of the flame? 5 Mil. address 6 Dives with a tank 7 W.W. I battle locale 8 “Give it to me straight” 9 Jacket letters 10 Behind, at sea 11 “Kiss my grits!” 12 You’re not in it if you’re out 13 Car model originally called the Sunny in Japan 16 Tallow source 20 Rosina Almaviva, in “Le Nozze di Figaro” 24 Go pirating 26 “Unless it’s impossible” 29 Got back (to), in a way 32 “Uhhh …” 34 “Eureka!” 36 Review 38 Programming manager’s specialty 39 Did a bit of cleaning 40 Only daughter of Joseph Stalin 42 Typeface that shares its name with the Roman goddess of luck 44 Marks on shoes 45 Who said “Take it from me, every vote counts” 46 The Midwest or the South 48 More than half of scores 51 Ralph Nader’s American Museum of ___ Law
56 So
57 “Just doin’ my job” 59 Furthermore 60 Fixed