The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 “No need to say

it again”

6 Group of

criminals 10 Father on a stud

farm

14 Tennis star

Osaka

15 Cookie whose packaging shows a splash of milk

16 What might give “caws” for concern for a

farmer? 17 “Cómo ___?” (“How are you?”: Sp.) 18 Droplet of happiness or sadness 19 Assistant 20 Things modern

travelers pack 23 Woodman’s makeup in “The Wizard of Oz” 24 Auto tankful 25 Dickens’s

Oliver Twist or Kipling’s Mowgli

28 In the year of

___ Lord 29 Decrease in size, as the moon

31 NNW’s opposite 32 Forms of some kids’ multivitamins 36 Direction after

adding sugar 37 Stockpile 38 ___-tac-toe 39 Road Work ___

(highway sign) 40 Ice hockey

venue 41 Breakfast side

at a diner 43 “___, humbug!” 44 Exam

45 One who cries

“Yer out!”

46 Ice hockey

player 48 Ironically

humorous 49 Score 100% on 52 Governmentbacked investments 56 B sharp or B flat 58 The Cowboys’ five-pointed star or the Colts’ horseshoe 59 Listings on an actor’s IMDb page

60 Melee

61 Idiot 62 Cognizant (of ) 63 Camera’s “eye” 64 Ocular swelling 65 Items on a todo list

DOWN

1 Like a

butterfingers 2 Healthful

Kellogg’s cereal brand

3 Off, palindromically 4 “Toe” of the Arabian Peninsula 5 Smart alecks 6 High schoolers who dress in black, maybe 7 Calculation in

calculus

8 In the

neighborhood 9 Mythological monsters with snakes for hair 10 Steep

embankment 11 Traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish

12 Support for a

shower curtain 13 Farm animal that sounds like a letter of the alphabet 21 Low-___ diet 22 “Able was I ___

I saw Elba” 26 Like Russia, east of the Urals

27 Jocks’ counterparts, stereotypically

By Fiona Taylor

28 Southern

Siberian city 29 Dress part that

may be taken in 30 St. Louis

landmark 32 Clothes

33 Inuit boat 34 Whiskey cocktail … or where it was invented 35 When planes

are due in, for short

36 Engage in some

“retail therapy” 39 Kid with military parents

41 Some angels … or some newspapers 42 Hide in a hardto-find spot 44 Prop for a

football kickoff 47 Three-point shots, informally 48 Jotted down 49 Star student’s report card, maybe 50 Worker for a Supreme Court justice 51 Twisty curves 53 Chimney

buildup 54 Pretty ___

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