new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Engaged in countryto-country combat
6 Dance movement
10 Story about Zeus and Hera, e.g.
14 Be dishonest with
15 Language of Bangkok
16 Salmon variety
17 Small floor covering
19 Witticism
20 Gummy gumbo vegetable
21 “Winnie-thePooh” baby
22 Irene of old Hollywood
23 Standard breakfast order
27 Johnny who sang “Chances Are”
29 Toward shelter, at sea
30 White as a ghost
31 Legacy student’s relative, for short
33 Friendly
37 Nintendo game console
38 Lead off … or a hint to the circled letters
41 Aye’s opposite
42 Makings of a castle at the beach
44 Gyro wrap
45 Waste maker, in a saying
47 At any time
49 Entries in the minus column 50 Passover no-no
55 Holder of unread emails 56 Savings plan for old age, in short
57 Kudrow of “Friends”
60 Cut and paste text, e.g.
61 Play H-O-R-S-E, say
64 Michelangelo’s “David,” for one
65 German luxury carmaker
66 Arctic people
67 Put the pedal to the metal
68 Get over a sunburn, maybe
69 Green pasta sauce
DOWN
1 Likewise 2 Sound of a watch 3 Diminishes, as patience 4 Embassy staffer 5 “Poppycock!” 6 Longtime senator Thurmond 7 Pulsate 8 French water
9 Big Bad Wolf’s target 10 Steve who directed “12 Years a Slave” 11 The “Y” of Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.”
12 The “T” of Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.” 13 “High” feelings 18 Timeline periods 22 J.F.K.’s predecessor 24 Age indicator in a tree trunk 25 Actress Linney in “Kinsey” 26 Trees attacked by bark beetles 27 Cavernous openings 28 Home to 48 countries 31 Blazing 32 Blazing 34 Sneakily dangerous 35 Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___ 36 Baby blues, e.g.
39 Like most businesses from 9to5 40 “Get ___ to a nunnery”: Hamlet 43 Totally loyal
46 Sea snail with a mother-ofpearl shell 48 Annoy 49 “Shucks!” 50 Creditors’ claims on property 51 Ultimately become 52 Bear patiently 53 Semiconductor device with two terminals 54 Swelter 58 Barbecue rod 59 Concerning 61 Source of maple syrup 62 Choice from a painter’s palette 63 Belly dancer’s gyrating body part