THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Baja resort 5 Prefix with cycle or sphere 9 Choice words 14 Informed about 15 Big publisher of romance novels 16 Tour leader 17 Debate venues 18 Nickname of an Israeli leader 19 What Fortune magazine called “America’s most innovative company” for six consecutive years 20 With 58- Across, iconic frontman of 39- Across 22 25- Down, notably 24 ___ of Hormuz 25 Words in an old French cheer 26 Manhattan Project physicist Bruno ___ 28 Many a decal 32 Home run, in slang 35 June Cleaver or Marge Simpson 37 Bedazzle 38 1977 album with a palindromic title 39 British rock band that gave an iconic performance at 25- Down 40 Subject of a spot check? 41 Easygoing, and then some 42 Darfur’s locale 43 Exclaims 45 Sevastopol’s locale 47 Something to debate 49 Softened 51 Service, maybe 55 25- Down, notably 58 See 20- Across 59 White mushroom 60 River in W. W. I fighting 62 Sting, e. g. 63 April Fools’ Day birth, e. g. 64 Make silent 65 “Where ___?” 66 One of three biblical gifts 67 Part of a dog breed’s name 68 Went platinum?
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1 Police officer’s equipment
2 Left on a ship
3 Hole maker
4 How you might go ziplining
5 Things that are kicked 6 Wilcox daughter in “Howards End”
7 Flash ___
8 How fish on a fishing boat are stored 9 Benchmark figure given how old a person is
10 Vatican diplomat 11 Urgent
12 Fragrance
13 Hit musical set in 1990s New York 21 Designer who said “My dream is to save women from nature” 23 Hunter in the heavens 25 1985 fund- raising event watched by 1.5+ billion people
27 Tuxedo shirt attachment 29 “Life Is Beautiful” extra
30 Baby’s boo- boo 31 Clears
32 Rash decision? 33 Cracked a little 34 Lyft alternative 36 Kind of store or chorus
39 Somewhat 42 Haddock or hake 43 One who might work in the wings of a theater
44 Flinched or blinked 46 Not as assertive 48 Two- channel 50 Root words
52 Bad- tempered and unfriendly
53 Leave no trace of 54 Entered ( in) 55 Radiant smile 56 Professor Higgins, to Eliza
57 “Strangers on a Train” film genre 58 2015 World Series team
61 Bro hello