The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Yaks
5 *Gulf
Coast waterway 10 Simpson family member who says “Get bent!”
14 Eye layer containing the iris 15 Reunion attendees, informally 16 “Never Have I ___” (Mindy Kaling Netflix series) 17 Aspiring doc’s
exam 18 Imam’s holy
book 19 Campbell of
“Scream” 20 Sandwich known by its initials
21 Not taking
sides
23 ___ de
plume 24 One-up 26 “Yay, me!” 28 *Main drag of the French Quarter 34 *Celebration with king cakes 35 Chick’s
chirp 38 Eccentric 39 Varieties 43 No power? 44 “Absolutely!” 45 Singer
Celine 46 What nephology is the study of 49 Foe of Austin
Powers 51 Wombs
53 Bird in
a gaggle 54 Rapper
Mos ___ 56
Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares 58 N.Y.C. airport 61 Psyched
about
63 Once around
the track 64 Harlem Renaissance writer Locke 66 “Later!” 67 Mine find
68 “I put the sing in single” singer 69 Ship’s
backbone 70 *___ Square (translation of “Vieux Carré”) 71 [Wrong
answer!]
DOWN
1 *Cajun stew 2 Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion 3 Arrive at ahead
of
4 Parked
oneself 5 Prepare, as a
king cake 6 Baseball family
name
7 Steppes
dwelling 8 Actor Epps 9 Annapolis inst. 10 Actor Platt of
“Dear Evan Hansen” 11 *St. Charles or
Esplanade 12 Uprising 13 *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina 21 Screenwriter
Ephron 22 Former Italian
money 25 Empty, as a
purse
27 Lives (in) 29 “Hang on a
sec,” in texts 30 Singer Anita of the swing era
31 Evening,
in ads
32 Some NCOs 33 Attempt 35 Plastic pipe material, in brief
36 ___ sauce (sushi roll topper) 37 *Cajun shellfish-overrice dish 40 *Music heard at Preservation Hall 41 Colorful pond
fish
42 NBC hit since
’75
47 Actress
Messing 48 ___ Lanka 49 Uno + uno 50 Queenly
52 Ice house 53 Stared in
wonder 54 Twilight time 55 Fencing event 57 ___ Grey tea 59 Soda’s pop? 60 Shoelace or muscle problem 62 Popeye’s Olive 65 Women’s ___
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