The new york times crossword
No. 0824
ACROSS
1 State of
irritability
5 Oaf
9 Undercoat of
an oil painting 14 Cabernet, e.g. 15 Opening stake 16 “Oh, no, not
___!”
17 Stress between you and your former lover? 19 Carried
20 “In excelsis
___”
21 One of a pair of Old Testament books with female names 23 Place for a baseball team’s insignia 24 Canada’s Prince
___ Island 26 Thing your former lover said about you? 29 Straight up on a compass
32 The Beatles’ “___ Leaving Home” 33 Historian’s
concern
36 “QB VII” author
Leon
38 Halved 41 Former lover’s
text, e.g.? 44 What alumni do on important anniversaries 45 Write with a chisel on stone
46 Cold summer
treats 47 Something Santa makes (and checks twice) 49 Aptitude 51 Former lovers’ stances in photos? 54 Absolutely
everything 58 See 27-Down 59 Juneau’s home 62 Singer Grande,
informally 63 Busy, as a
restroom 66 Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied? 68 Chef’s item for preparing apples 69 Panache 70 Author unknown, for short 71 Arrogant look 72 Things janitors
keep on rings 73 Wagers
DOWN
1 Neighbor of a
Norwegian 2 Vetoed 3 Dragging
behind
4 Prop for a golf
ball 5 Percussion instrument in a marching band
6 Hop ___ (get
to work) 7 Texter’s
transition 8 Actress
Zellweger 9 Gift of ___ 10 Latin “I” 11 Like “Yeah, that’ll ever happen” 12 Mideast’s ___
Peninsula 13 End of a lunch
hour, maybe 18 Emperor just before the Year of the Four Emperors 22 Prescriptions, for short Villain in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” 27 With 58-Across, 1980s fad that “sprouted” 28 Soup legumes 30 Factual
31 Clues
33 The “p” of b.p.s.
It can chop a tree down … and then chop a tree up
35 Threedimensional art
37 Ailing
39 Tale of ___
25
34 40 Come-___
(enticements) 42 Target of a
cleanup 43 Fraidy-cats 48 Throat soother 50 Money to tide
you over 51 Long stories 52 Arc lamp gas 53 Aerodynamic 55 Augusta’s
home 56 “Believe It
___!”
57 Yield and Right Turn Only, e.g. 60 Connector of a
pair of wheels 61 Fix, as a dog 64 “Get it?”
65 Go wrong 67 Smidgen