The new york times crossword
48
ACROSS
1 With 5-Across, means of survival
5 With 9-Across, place to yachtshop
9 With 16-Down, decisive confrontation 13 Mosque V.I.P. 14 In olden days 15 Santa Claus
“flight tracker” 17 Puma
competitor 18 Blue material 19 Sun Valley
locale
20 One signing up 22 Judd who directed “Knocked Up” 23 Passionate
sort, it’s said 24 Fictional maker of earthquake pills and tornado seeds 26 It’s a stretch 27 Things snake charmers wear 31 Introduction to
magic? 33 Golden god 34 Centipede
producer 36 Hit’s opposite 40 Place to see Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans” 41 See 1-Down 42 Grind
43 Book of
Mormon book 44 Passing a drug
test, say 45 Destroyer of the town of Nicolosi in 1669
46 One putting down roots? Title detective of 1970s TV 50 Actress Claire of Netflix’s “The Crown” 53 Quashes 55 Apprehend 56 Hannah who wrote “The Human Condition” 58 Like most
debates 63 Conveyance that may be carved
64 Crush
alternative 65 The Catholic Church, informally 66 Blog post 67 Calendar spans
with tildes 68 Rating for
“South Park” 69 With 50-Down, athlete’s intense expression 70 With 69-Across, advantage in sports
71 With 70-Across, call it a night, say
21
DOWN
1 With
41-Across, generational sequence 2 “Sign me up” 3 Cooling off
period? 4 Message with
many bcc’s 5 What may be tested by parking a car in Harvard Yard?
6 “Lay it ___!” 7 MDX maker 8 Lunar New Year 9 Long shot? 10 Kotb of
“Today” 11 Make a big
speech 12 “Yay!”
16 With 39-Down, minimize Triton’s domain
22
It’s created by wind, rain and traffic 25 “Cheers” waitress and “Scrubs” nurse
27 With 1-Down, company named for two magazines 28 Thick noodle 29 Football
analyst Tony 30 Did up 32 So-called “third
stage of labor” 35 Nail (it) 37 Plenty
38 Sound from a
pen
39 With 62-Down,
lie motionless 47 Overnight
flight 49 Small power sources 50 With 27-Down,
Apple app 51 Rainforest dweller, in brief 52 Gossipy sort 54 Old memo
writer 57 Standard 59 Often-misused
pronoun 60 Peace sign 61 1815 novel of romantic mis-understandings 62 With 71-Across, traveling music fan of old
64 “I’ll pass”
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