The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 “Darn it!”

5 In base eight 10 “Resident

Alien” channel 14 Sound heard in

a long hall 15 Tennis champ

Osaka

16 City with a beef 17 Jovial seasonal

mood 20 ___-Seltzer 21 Take a snooze,

with “out” 22 Cost of not doing business, maybe 29 Significant ___ 30 Hubbub

31 Like many a gogetter 32 Warrior in the Greek pantheon 33 Regional

wildlife 35 Lovable

goofball, say 36 NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51and 57-Across 39 Sketch show

since ’75

40 Fist bump 41 Walkie-talkie

band, briefly 44 Place to catch up over a hot drink

48 When repeated, slangy sound of eating 51 Why everyone loves a good train wreck 54 Fish also known as a bluegill

55 Make a bow 56 Title woman in a classic 1973 breakup tune 57 Uniquely

American cleverness 60 ___ homo 61 Rest atop 62 Cheeseboard

choice 63 Quizzical Quebec questions? 64 “I ___ know” (common excuse) 65 Member of the

fam

DOWN

1 College app

element

2 “___ Tannenbaum” (16th-century folk song that inspired a carol)

3 Avid skateboarder, in lingo 4 Gardeners’ orders, at times 5 Straight out of the barrel

6 Nanny ___ 7 Ode words 8 Morning hrs. 9 Composer of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in “Rhapsody Rabbit”

10 Lose the suit,

say

11 Certain

designer dog 12 Clarice Starling’s employer in “The Silence of the Lambs,” in brief 13 Nevertheless 18 Hershey toffee

confection 19 Fit of

sullenness 22 Fertile

ground

23 “___ vez”

(“Again,” in Valencia) 24 Bother 25 “Hamilton” actor Leslie ___ Jr. 26 Indian

flatbread 27 Cousin of a gull 28 Gabs

33 Like hay on a

farm

34 “Same here” 37 Eventually 38 ___ Islands, Polynesian archipelago 41 Awkward

farewell 42 Poet who coined the term “carpe diem”

43 Kind of

kiss

45 Timing of the

Mercutio/

Tybalt duel in “Romeo and Juliet” 46 Unfixable 47 Home to the deepest lake and river gorge

in the U.S. 48 Cold rice topped with wasabi and raw fish 49 Likely cause of a cranky toddler’s eartugging 50 “Ridiculous!” 52 Soaks up the

hot sun 53 Ignores

58 Days gone by, in bygone days 59 Fangorn Forest

dweller

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