The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Early maker of color TVs 4 Stereotypically “blind” official, for short 7 Like a cigar bar’s atmosphere 12 “___ we there yet?” 13 Pioneering text adventure game 15 Impervious to hackers 16 Take dead aim at 18 Kutcher who played Steve Jobs in “Jobs” 19 Locker room emanation 20 CBS series that starred Gary Sinise 22 Colloquial contraction 23 “Friends” character ___ Geller 24 Breakfast order often containing cinnamon 26 Made a cattle call 28 “Kapow!” 29 Result of a successful squeeze bunt, for short 31 Jenner of reality TV 33 Storytelling uncle of fiction 37 Indoor stadium surface 41 First in a line of 23 popes 42 Ancestry.com diagram 43 Jennings who wrote “Brainiac” 44 Garden hose annoyance 47 “Hell if I know” 49 A cappella genre 53 Hieroglyphics snakes 56 Fanzine favorite 57 Spa amenity that originated in Finland 58 “Su-u-u-ure it is”
59 “Mr. ___” (1983 Styx hit) 61 Sauce made from ingredients mixed up in 16-, 24-, 37- and 49-Across 63 Simpleton, disparagingly 64 Brewski 65 Pres. advisory group 66 German state with Wiesbaden 67 Recipe meas. 68 C major, for one
Down 1 Whisker whacker 2 Words to live by 3 Rock band fronted by Steven Tyler 4 Submachine gun designer ___ Gal 5 “My darling,” in France 6 Pertaining to the rhythm of speech 7 French possessive 8 “U Can’t Touch This” rapper 9 Less common of two belly buttons 10 Icelandic money 11 Cross-dressing role for Streisand 14 Like a cardigan 15 Request by someone with a tongue depressor 17 Words akin to “-ish” 21 E.R.A.-backing grp.
25 Chain whose mascot is named Bullseye 27 “All right, you win” 29 Indian-born character on “The Big Bang Theory” 30 Dude
32 Plop down 34 Rakes in the dough
35 Put into play 36 123-45-6789, on a sample doc. 38 Symmetrical images in psychological tests
39 One of Jason’s crew 40 Preyers on antelopes 45 Game show regular ___ Bean
46 Org. with millimeter wave scanners 48 Major water line 49 Source of bark for canoes
50 Be all googly-eyed over
51 Choir attire 52 Plays a kazoo 54 In itself 55 Keach of TV’s “Man With a Plan” 60 Impossible Super Bowl outcome 62 AOL or MSN