THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Deals with a problem
6 What X equals in Roman numerals
9 Mature, as wine
12 Polite plea to a parent
13 Yale student, informally
14 Sea, to Debussy
15 *Out-of-vogue hair style akin to a mullet
16 What “compares 2 U” in a 1990 #1 Sinead O’Connor hit
18 Ctrl-___-Del
19 When doubled, an African fly
20 Diatribe
21 Thick piece of concrete
23 Like a G.I. cleaning up after a meal, maybe
25 Speak grandly
27 *Condition with feet turned inward
30 Nobel laureate Wiesel
31 Almost vertical, as a slope
32 *How a tot rides on someone’s shoulders
34 Nurse, as a drink 36 Gooey road cover
37 *Two ones, in dice 43 Monsoon events
47 Nashville’s home: Abbr.
48 Like a centaur or faun … or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle’s starred clues
50 Washington’s ___ Sound 52 Drug cop
53 Transoceanic alliance since 1949
54 Nike competitor
56 Western tribe member
58 Acorn, for one
59 On the market, as a house
60 *Signs of a muchused book
62 Suffix with nectar or elephant
63 Fib
64 Have the attention of 65 Psychedelic drug, briefly
66 The “L” of L.A.P.D.
67 Sierra ___ (African land)
DOWN
1 Summer vacation lodging
2 Result of three strikes
3 City planner’s map
4 Inventor dubbed “The Wizard of Menlo Park”
5 Feature of the word “psalm” or “pterodactyl”
6 Camping stake
7 Race of people in “The Time Machine”
8 The “N” of TNT
9 “Star Wars” queen
10 Hereditary
11 Unit of work
12 “Heads or tails!”
15 Speaks with a hoarse voice
17 *Foolish sort
22 *Really something, with “the”
24 Japanese pond swimmer
26 “There’s a mouse!”
28 Andy’s boy on “The Andy Griffith Show”
29 Driller in R.O.T.C., maybe: Abbr. 33 Knitting material
35 Dynamism
37 Fuel additive brand
38 Those getting excited when thinking?
39 Made irate
40 Team with the most World Series victories (27)
41 Historical period
42 Layered Austrian pastry
44 Humble response to “How do you do it all?” 45 It is “full of genius, full of the divinity,” per Henry David Thoreau
46 Vegas machines
49 Start of a play
51 Kids’ batting game
55 Miscellany
57 Frozen waffle brand
59 Chick-___-A
61 Suffix with Caesar