THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Grouch
5 Some lines drawn with protractors 9 Airbnb alternative
14 Miller ___
15 One nabbed by the fuzz
16 With eyes open
17 Trotter’s course
18 Marquee performer
19 Shot down
20 Maternity ward worker who counts each day’s births?
23 First pope to be called “the Great”
24 Great
25 Noncollegiate fraternity member 28 Dairy item thrown in a food fight? 32 Snake’s warning
35 Navy rank below lt. junior grade 36 Fry up
37 Quick rests
40 Dined on humble pie
42 One selling a Super Bowl spot, say 43 MSNBC competitor 44 Tampa-to-Jacksonville dir. 45 Dynamite?
50 Thesaurus offering: Abbr. 51 “___ we go again …”
52 Lava below the surface
56 Like 20-, 28and 45-Across vis-à-vis the femalesounding phrases they’re based on? 60 “___ at ’em!”
62 Cat with no tail
63 Latin music great Puente
64 Look forward to
65 ___ bowl (trendy healthful food) 66 Last word said just before opening the eyes
67 Parts of volcanoes
68 Foe of Russia, with “the” 69 Where a bell is rung M-F at 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
DOWN
1 Thickheaded sorts
2 Stud on a pair of jeans
3 In the slightest 4 Agnostic’s lack
5 Place to pray
6 Prepares for a second career, say
7 Boxful for a kindergartner 8 Activated, as a trap 9 Unit of measurement for a horse’s height equivalent to four inches 10 Scraped knee, in totspeak 11 Annual filing
12 Barely win, with “out” 13 Commanded
21 Radio dial: Abbr.
22 Girl entering society, in brief 26 Pretend
27 Group organizing a Mardi Gras parade
29 “Sure is!”
30 Operate
31 Sea-___ (Washington airport) 32 Coverings of cuts
33 “Alas …”
34 Dictator
38 Unopened
39 Kwik-E-Mart storekeeper
40 Cell tower equipment
41 Cable airer of N.B.A. games 43 Monaco Grand Prix, e.g. 46 Successful defender, in academia
47 Granny, in the South 48 Land-bound bird 49 Wicker material
53 In need of a good scrubbing 54 Ones to share a pint with 55 Without company
57 Give off 58 Trawlers’ equipment 59 On-ramp’s opposite 60 Washroom, informally 61 Homophone of “you” that shares no letters with it