NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 0629
ACROSS
1 Cardamom-infused
tea
5 Not give up, say 10 Pronoun before “it
may concern” 14 Partner of raised 15 China’s Zhou ___ 16 Place that
generates buzz 17 Ate and ran, say 19 Almost closed 20 ___ on actual
events
21 Fit to live in
23 “The Goldfinch”
writer Donna 25 Some ER cases 26 Make a
scapegoat of 28 Kigali resident 32 Title of respect 33 Unclear mental
state
36 Throw with force 37 Legendary Himalayan humanoid 41 Capacious
42 Not falling for 43 Play for a sucker 44 Place to pitch a
product
46 Entice
49 Amber quaff 50 Catherine of
“Beetlejuice” 52 The magic word? 56 Japanese
automaker 60 Jabba the ___ (“Star Wars” meanie)
61 Core exercises ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle 63 Relative of a cor
anglais 64 Consumes, in a
way
65 Sharer’s word 66 Tear to bits 67 Food service giant 68 Norse god of
thunder
DOWN
1 NYC venue for the Ramones and the Cramps
2 Sesenta minutos 3 Certain horses 4 Still being
debugged 5 Gave sustenance 6 “Not right this
second”
7 Flicker of light 8 “Thirty days ___
September ...” 9 Finish giftwrapping, say 10 “How’ve you
been?” 11 Muslim
headscarf
12 The earth’s path around the sun, e.g. 13 Little more than 18 Dutch cheese 22 Neighbor of
Montana
24 Fix up again,
as a house 26 Hen’s hatchlings 27 VIP conveyances 28 Staff break? 29 Block, as a
stream 30 “Stop!,” at sea 31 State bird of
Hawaii 32 Hummus brand 34 Prickly plant with healing qualities 35 ___ garden 38 Affected 39 Spiral-horned
antelope
40 The “N” of NB 45 Aromatic
evergreens 47 Dublin’s land,
to poets
48 Poppin’ Fresh or
Tony the Tiger 50 Arctic predators 51 Cool head? 52 Dislike with a
passion 53 Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the “Self-Operating Napkin”
54 Gobs
55 Friar’s home 57 “Think again!” 58 Bit of binary
code 59 Geographical inits.
until 1991
62 Troop troupe,
for short