THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Rod at a pig roast
5 Vehicles with medallions
9 Partner of circumstance
13 Result of a sock in the eye
15 Colorful, warmblooded fish
16 Cowboy boot accessory
17 Tomorrow, in 43-Down
18 Mexican president Enrique
20 Pavlov with a Nobel
21 Biceps and hamstrings
23 “Buy It ___” (eBay option)
24 Word after motion or lie
26 “Puh-lease!”
28 Persona ___ (welcome guest)
29 1987-94 “Star Trek” series, briefly
31 Eyes, to bards
32 Pothook shape
33 Count in music
35 Lowest-voiced choir members
37 Drink often served with a miniature umbrella
39 Vehement rejection
42 Prefix with violet or violent
43 Mo. when the N.F.L. season starts
46 Gave the go-ahead
47 Outfield-patching need
48 Cola wars competitor
50 Naps south of the border
54 Devices that prevent fumes from escaping
56 Many an eligible receiver
57 Drink made from frozen grapes
59 ___ the finish (having potential to win)
60 Peppers milder than habaneros
62 Warm Pacific current
64 Is in the hole
65 Ill-gotten goods
66 Attaches, as a carnation
67 Soak up the sun
68 Theater, dance, etc.
69 Roald who wrote “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
DOWN
1 Bic or Gillette offerings
2 They’re broken at parties
3 How butterflies might be caught
4 Highest point value for a Scrabble tile
5 He placed the sun at the center of the universe
6 Tiptop
7 Bathrooms, in 43-Down
8 Tuned too high
9 Air pump fig.
10 Beer drinkers’ utensils
11 Basketball Hall-ofFamer Dikembe ___
12 Exceptional ability
13 Tiny bit
14 Log craft
19 “Crypto City” at Ft. Meade
22 “___ luck!”
25 Log construction
27 Parks of the civil rights movement
30 Rock scientists
34 Year, in 43-Down
35 “Cheers” setting
36 Change with the times
37 Okra units 38 Forrest Gump’s C.O.
39 Profile-altering plastic surgery
40 Pacific battle site of 1945
41 Parts of hypodermics
43 Language that utilizes the letter “ñ”
44 43-Down, in 43-Down
45 One of eight in a V-8
49 Greek poet who wrote “The Distaff”
51 Message left on a hotline, perhaps
52 Northeast Corridor express train
53 Mister, in 43-Down
55 Ooze 58 “Wow!,” in Internetspeak
61 Set, as a price
63 Tupperware topper