N.Y.TimesCrosswordPuzzle
Across
1 Runs
recreationally 5 Some hotel room
amenities 10 The “Toreador
Song,” for one 14 From the top 15 Fulfill mundane but necessary responsibilities, in modern lingo 16 Sift (through) 17 Software
prototype 18 Vessels with large
containers 20 Does pranks with
rolls, informally 22 Connecticut Ivy
Leaguer 23 Nail polish brand 25 Pursue
romantically 28 Actor/comedian
Lil ___ Howery 29 Talking item in Dora the Explorer’s backpack 32 Oceanfront district of Los Angeles 35 Manhattan
neighborhood 37 Front-page mergers and acquisitions, e.g. 39 Grayish 40 Skateboarding
jump 41 Neckwear that
smells nice 42 Photographer
Adams 43 Difficult, unfun
chore 44 Investment guide
calculation 46 Props for
presentations 49 Most reptilian, in
a way 50 “Spring forward” or “fall back” letters 51 Electrical unit with a Greek letter symbol 53 Look at 54 Beings not (yet)
proven to exist 55 Thundering 57 Trinity member 59 Exclamation point inside a yellow triangle, for one 64 “Only Murders in
the Building” airer 67 Nobel laureate
Wiesel 68 Longtime Jay
Silverheels role 69 Ankh-carrying
goddess 70 71 & 72 Commits perjury … or what can be found four times in this puzzle
Down
1 Sharp punch 2 “!” keymate 3 Scramming 4 Exchange 5 ___ fly 6 Org. promoting
canine care 7 Spleen 8 “Enigma Variations” composer 9 Lifted 10 Be sore 11 Pépin le Bref, par
exemple 12 Troublesome
sort 13 Muscles tightened by planking, in brief 19 Stprage tower 21 Greta Garbo, by
birth 23 Diffused
gradually 24 Saffron-flavored
dishes 26 Horatian creation 27 Big name in
brushes 29 Beauty pageant founded in 1959 as a mail-in photo contest 30 One who doesn’t
have a prayer? 31 Alternatives to
street parking 33 Negro leagues
great Satchel 34 Butterlike spreads 36 Hawaiian island shaped like an apostrophe 38 Considering the
fact that 42 Setting for many van Gogh works 45 It’ll dawn on you 47 Folk stories 48 Up-start? 52 Worker with a
trowel 55 A long, long time 56 Food part that’s usually not eaten 58 Home of Denison
University 59 Tierra ___
Fuego 60 Sports
Illustrated’s
Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion) 61 German
“never” 62 Bell Atlantic merger partner of 2000 63 Repeated word in the U.S. postal creed 65 Buzzing … or, in a different sense, buzzed 66 Do a wedding
task, informally