The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Missing
5 + and – 10 Common baitfish in North American streams 14 Word with express or through
15 ___ of power (common impeachment charge) 16 Superlative 17 Home of Baikal, the world’s deepest lake 18 Relative of a croc 19 Overwhelms, with “down” 20 “You don’t like what I did? I don’t care” 22 Mythical being, old-style 24 Desires
25 ___ whole 27 Awesome time 28 Secreted 29 Core features 31 General with a dish named after him 33 What a nod may signify
34 Lover of Cesario in “Twelfth Night” 36 Air Force One V.I.P. 38 Classic party game … or a hint to solving the answers that intersect circles 42 Can’t stomach 43 How Beyoncé was “crazy,” according to a 2003 #1 hit 45 House member with 11+ million Twitter followers, informally 48 Spanish bear 49 Whiz 50 Posed (for) 51 Have a Pavlovian response 53 “90 Day Fiancé” network 55 Moves like molasses 57 Percussion duos? 59 “You can come out now” 61 Common sources of conflict
62 Ancient unit of length 64 Scale amount 66 What matzo doesn’t do 67 Stephen Curry’s birthplace 68 Micro or macro class
69 Docs treating vertigo 70 Years before 2020, informally 71 Tear
Down
1 ___ king 2 Goes Christmas caroling 3 Tangy chip accompaniment 4 What a letter needs 5 Summon 6 Power couple from Chicago 7 Garage jobs
8 That: Sp. 9 Manorial worker 10 Brief appearance 11 “We did it!” 12 Foolish 13 Plagues 21 Olympian with eight gold medals in sprinting 23 Relevance of text, in librarian’s lingo 24 “Have I met her?”
26 Tiny bit of progress 30 Homes for rubber duckies 32 Unlikely to crack a smile, say 35 Through 36 Through 37 Cardinal cap insignia
39 It’s a laugh
40 Go down in respect 41 Musical role for Madonna and Patti LuPone 44 Subjects of some conspiracy theories, for short 45 Stick 46 (0,0,0)
47 Not a single person on an awards show?
49 Roll call? 52 Uses a light scalpel on? 54 Petrol unit 56 Spud 58 “Out, you!” 60 Listings on a train sched. 63 Luau strings 65 Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle