The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Channel for
“Mad Money” 5 Hoarse voice 9 Eponymous prize awarded by the Mystery Writers of America
14 Lyft competitor 15 Ireland, to the
Irish
16 Frontline health care professional 17 Computer
input 18 *Colorful cereal with the mascot Toucan Sam
20 Omani
currency
22 King: Fr.
23 Successor of Nintendo’s GameCube 24 *”Uh-oh,
___!” (classic line in commercials) 28 Catering
container
29 Contents of a farmyard stack
30 Sound represented by an upsidedown “e”
31 Capture on
cassette 33 Star of Disney’s “Once Upon a Snowman” 35 ___-state area (N.Y., N.J. and Conn., e.g.) 36 Coop resident 37 Nutritionist’s recommendation … or what the answers to the starred clues make up, to an overly literal person?
43 Big part of a
basset hound 44 Korean
automaker 45 Memo starter 46 Radio button that’s handy on a road trip 48 Food strainer 50 24 horas 51 New ___ smell 52 *Bulk purchase
of Gouda, e.g. 55 Climbing vine 56 Weeding tool 57 Wildly bright,
as a color 58 *“Ice Cream of the Future” since 1988 62 Something to make when tossing a coin into a fountain 65 Singer and AIDS charity founder ___ John 66 Genesis
backdrop 67 With 41-Down, Buffalo’s body of water 68 Corporate shake-up, for short
69 Sales pitch display, informally 70 Slender
Down
1 Twice-chewed
food
2 Sports org. for
Bill Russell 3 Backstabber’s
forte
4 Former latenight host Ferguson 5 Shiny bicycle
attachment 6 Broadcast 7 Sold-out
theater inits. 8 Illinois city
that’s a symbol of Middle America 9 Signed up 10 Bert and Ernie,
for one
11 “Quit being so
immature!” 12 Shoot for the
stars
13 Sticky secretion 19 Excessively 21 Sounds during
a dental exam 24 Exhibit 25 Drained of
color 26 Drive-___
window
27 Ho Ho
alternative 32 “___ will always love you” (Whitney Houston lyric) 34 Target of a medicated dog collar 36 “Goodness me,
absolutely not!’ 38 Major Texas
industry 39 Goes pffft 40 Refusing to
accept reality 41 See 67-Across 42 Color akin to
turquoise 46 ___ Row (London street known for its tailors) 47 Modern lead-in
to currency 48 Like some watermelons or brackets 49 Subject of many baa-a-ad puns? 51 Orchard
beverage 53 Babe
54 Wolf sounds 59 ___ favor (Spanish “please”) 60 Praiseful
poem 61 President pro
___
63 Bit of Winter Olympics equipment 64 Folded edge