THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Condé ___ (magazine publisher)
5 Ending with Lenin or Stalin
9 Mixed ___
14 Wedge or pump
15 Princess of Alderaan
16 Shackles
17 “How’s it goin?”, Washington?”
19 Retreats
20 Event presided over by a king and queen
21 Cobbler’s tool
23 Museum-funding org.
24 “To your health!”
26 E.R. worker who sprained an ankle?
29 Sgt. Friday’s org.
30 Sri Lanka’s capital
31 Inseparable
32 How many TV movies can be seen
33 Diminish
37 Prescription for a prehistoric carnivore?
41 Got wind of
42 Many wine barrels come from them
43 Car wash option
44 The Geneva Conventions prohibit it
47 Empire State Building style, informally
48 “Keep that record in its case!”?
51 Out of bed
52 Sean ___ Lennon
53 Slugger’s stat
54 [Shocking!]
55 “Hamlet” courtier
57 Mistake a shiny disc for a cookie?
62 Mental bloc?
63 Vegetable with curly leaves
64 Loosen
65 Pub selection
66 A knee sock covers it
67 Scrape, as the knee
DOWN
1 Sydney’s state: Abbr.
2 “___, that feels good!”
3 Endless melodrama
4 Group of four
5 Down in the dumps
6 Good name, for short
7 A helping hand
8 From the beginning, in music
9 Atmospheric pressure units
10 Competitor of Tide
11 “Nothing ___!”
12 Against a thing, legally
13 Syrian strongman
18 Roman counterpart of the Greek Helios
22 Typist’s stat
24 A deadly sin
25 West with Roc-A-Fella records
26 Christmas cheer?
27 One who leads a quiet, measured life
28 Celebrity chef Matsuhisa
30 Anderson Cooper’s TV home
32 Animal that might be found curled up on a windowsill
34 Right now
35 Tiniest bit
36 Competitor of BP
38 Pretentious
39 Advocate for seniors
40 Maui music maker, informally
45 Chafe 46 Bridge units
47 Gossips
48 Some camera lenses
49 Map feature
50 XXX stuff
51 Maze runner
54 Rocker Stefani
56 The Cyclones of the N.C.A.A., for short
58 “As if!”
59 QB Manning
60 Sin City forensic drama
61 Place for a trophy cabinet