NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 French Open court material 5 One thing … or a twosome 9 Alfred Nobel or Anders Celsius 14 McDonald’s arches, e.g. 15 Model/ actress Delevingne 16 Ebbed 17 Historic town in Veszprém county, Hungary, noted for its baroque architecture 20 Short line at the top of a column, in typesetting 21 Turn out
22 + or – atom 23 Thigh-baring dress feature 25 Spore producing plant 27 Soldier clad in gray, for short 30 Bisected 33 Start of Caesar’s boast
36 “It’s about time!” 38 A Stooge 39 Fits of anger 40 Left tributary of the Vitim River in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia 43 Only ape to orbit the earth (1961)
44 ___ sequitur 45 Colombia’s capital 46 Went by taxi or train 47 From Florence or Pisa 49 Like a 1960s-’70s TV “squad” 50 One-size-fitsall garment 52 Opposed to, rurally 54 Piñata smasher 56 Board a moving vehicle 59 Part of a suspension bridge 63 Village between Kruszyna and Jacków in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (pop. 305) 66 TV newsman Willie 67 Janis’s partner in the comics 68 Knoll 69 Retort to “Are too!”
70 One of the Lennons 71 Numbered composition
DOWN
1 End of a hammer 2 Greiner of “Shark Tank” 3 Like Gruyère or Grandpa 4 Idiots 5 R.N.’s workplace 6 What the Lord sometimes does, in a classical expression 7 Land o’ leprechauns 8 Soberminded org. 9 Criticism that might be made behind someone’s back 10 Ashen
11 Scotty’s domain on the U.S.S. Enterprise 12 Brief how-to 13 Where fruit-picking originated? 18 Wise-looking 19 Gym clothes holder 24 Aim 26 Enjoying the great outdoors … indoors 27 Less cooked 28 Prefix with -centric 29 Laundry problem for Dracula? 31 Chorus of approval 32 “Hahaha” 34 Unfamiliar with 35 Feels down 37 Where icebergs are found
41 The Rockets, on scoreboards 42 Classic camera brand 48 Cooking oil option 51 Butler of fame 53 Kind of chip 54 Nickname for major-league baseball’s Angel Stadium, with “the”
55 “Uh … excuse me” 57 Some fundraising grps. 58 People eater 60 Sonar signal 61 Doozy 62 Serpentine swimmers 64 Letters on a brandy bottle 65 Bridge limit unit