NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 0927
ACROSS
1 Org. exploring Mars
5 Paul who sang “Diana” and “Lonely Boy” 9 “Tsk!”
14 Highest point
15 One of 10 on a 10-speed
16 Hulk in a wrestling ring
17 Olympic event for which the world record stands at a little over
20 feet
19 Obvious
20 Tanning lotion spec
21 Broadcast
22 One of Haiti’s two official languages, along with French
23 Magic duo with a 20+ year act in Las Vegas
27 Explorer Ericson
29 San ___ Obispo, Calif.
30 Prefix with function
31 ___ the Hun
34 Tex-Mex items associated with Tuesdays
37 “Spring forward” and “fall back” plan
42 Writer ___ Allan Poe
43 Like some food for dieters
44 Areas for hosp. surgeons
47 Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz
49 Any member of NATO to any other
50 Added cost of buying soda
55 Keeps watching ... and watching
56 “Rocks” in a drink
57 “I”-strain?
60 Completely fail
61 Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and
50-Across
64 Basketball great Curry
65 It’s a bad look 66 Relatives of ostriches
67 Taste or touch
68 Ore locale
69 Canadian gas brand
DOWN
1 Quick time outs?
2 Each ... as in the
price of balloons?
3 “Woe is me” feeling
4 Lumberjack’s tool
5 Once more
6 ___ network
7 ___ Kan (dog food brand)
8 Paintings and sculptures
9 Where the land meets the sea 10 Rude dwelling
11 Seemingly timeless
12 Bob who sang “One love, one heart / Let’s get together and feel all right”
13 Goes in 18 Airport shuttle, typically
22 MRI alternative
24 Modern tax option
25 Almond or pecan
26 “Buenos ___”
27 Young fellow 28 I ___ Pi (punny fraternity name)
32 Jar topper
33 Longhorns : Texas :: ___ : Texas A&M
35 Egg: Prefix
36 Peninsula in the Six-Day War
38 Round of applause
39 Two of them meet every year in the Super Bowl
40 Gadot of “Wonder Woman”
41 Pigs’ digs
44 Dwell (on)
45 What blades on windmills do
46 ___ Island (part of New York City)
48 Treated maliciously
51 Stumbles
52 River of forgetfulness, in myth
53 Earth tone
54 “Get what I’m saying?”
58 Wildebeests
59 “Then here’s what happened ...”
61 Sick
62 Prefix with natal
63 “Busy” insect