NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 State of irritability
5 Oaf 9 Undercoat of an oil painting 14 Cabernet, e.g. 15 Opening stake 16 “Oh, no, not ___!” 17 Stress between you and your former lover? 19 Carried
20 “In excelsis ___” 21 One of a pair of Old Testament books with female names
23 Place for a baseball team’s insignia 24 Canada’s Prince ___ Island 26 Thing your former lover said about you? 29 Straight up on a compass
32 The Beatles’ “___ Leaving Home” 33 Historian’s concern 36 “QB VII” author Leon
38 Halved 41 Former lover’s text, e.g.? 44 What alumni do on important anniversaries 45 Write with a chisel on stone
46 Cold summer treats 47 Something Santa makes (and checks twice) 49 Aptitude 51 Former lovers’ stances in photos?
54 Absolutely everything
58 See 27-Down 59 Juneau’s home 62 Singer Grande, informally 63 Busy, as a restroom 66 Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied? 68 Chef’s item for preparing apples 69 Panache 70 Author unknown, for short 71 Arrogant look 72 Things janitors
keep on rings 73 Wagers
DOWN
1 Neighbor of a Norwegian 2 Vetoed 3 Dragging behind 4 Prop for a golf ball 5 Percussion instrument in a marching band 6 Hop ___ (get to work) 7 Texter’s transition 8 Actress Zellweger 9 Gift of ___ 10 Latin “I”
11 Like “Yeah, that’ll ever happen” 12 Mideast’s ___ Peninsula
13 End of a lunch hour, maybe 18 Emperor just before the Year of the Four Emperors 22 Prescriptions, for short
25 Villain in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” 27 With 58-Across, 1980s fad that
“sprouted” 28 Soup legumes 30 Factual
31 Clues
33 The “p” of bps 34 It can chop a tree down ... and then chop a tree up 35 Three-dimensional art
37 Ailing
39 Tale of ___ 40 Come-___ (enticements) 42 Target of a cleanup 43 Fraidy-cats 48 Throat soother 50 Money to tide you over
51 Long stories 52 Arc lamp gas 53 Aerodynamic 55 Augusta’s home 56 “Believe It ___!” 57 Yield and Right Turn Only, e.g. 60 Connector of a pair of wheels 61 Fix, as a dog 64 “Get it?”
65 Go wrong 67 Smidgen