The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Bellyache 5 What many people have for public speaking 11 “We ___ loudest when we ___ to ourselves”: Eric Hoffer
14 Taj Mahal city 15 College in
Manhattan 16 Halloween
time: Abbr. 17 Ways to cross a river in Switzerland? 19 Big expense for some city dwellers
20 Old Glory’s
land, for short 21 Funny Brooks 22 Prop for
Mr. Peanut 23 Crow, e.g. 25 Fixed a mistake at a card table
28 First showing at a film festival in France? 31 Co. that merged into Verizon 34 Owned
35 ___
Conventions 36 Supercharge, as an engine 37 Lightly touch, as with a handkerchief 38 Wyoming-to
Missouri dir. 39 Chinese dynasty circa A.D. 250 40 Actress Brie of
“Mad Men” 42 Colorful fish 43 Creator of sketches, in brief
44 Census taker in
India?
48 Like Barack Obama’s presidency 49 Loads 52 Denny’s
competitor 53 Mensa stats 55 Urban sitting
spot
57 Classic tattoo
word
58 Police dragnet in South Korea? 61 Spanish article 62 How café may
be served
63 “If you’re asking me,” in textspeak 64 W-2 fig. 65 Fairly
66 “___ Eyes” (1975 Eagles hit)
Down
1 Hindu title of
respect 2 Expel 3 Misspeaking,
e.g.
4 Some derivative stories, colloquially 5 Brew with
hipster cred 6 American pop-rock band composed of three sisters
7 Said “I’ll have
…” 8 Cone-shaped
corn snacks 9 Swelling
reducer 10 Sounds of
satisfaction 11 Broadcast often seen at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
12 “That is too
much for me” 13 To be: Fr. 18 Cake with rum 22 Battle of
Normandy city 24 Increase, as
resolution 26 Watches
Bowser, say 27 Dueling sword 29 Catch
30 Skate park
feature
31 Many a May or
June honoree 32 Some fund
raisers
33 1975 hit by the Electric Light Orchestra 37 “Just ___”
(Nike slogan) 38 Very long time 41 Union
workplace 42 Small citrus
fruit 45 Baltimore
athlete
46 If-___ (computer programming statement) 47 Wholesale’s
opposite
50 Like a bad
apple
51 2014 Winter
Olympics locale 52 “___ in the Morning” (bygone radio show) 54 Narrow
opening 56 Sound: Prefix 58 Gradually
weaken 59 Home of most of the members of NATO: Abbr. 60 Total mess