The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Quite dry, but

sparkling? 5 Swallow or

duck 9 Instrument with 47 strings and seven pedals

13 ___ fide 14 Proven 15 Hummus, e.g. 16 FLIP 18 Paperless

return option 19 Altercation 20 FLOP 22 Itsy-bitsy biter 25 Volunteers 26 FLIP-FLOP 30 Metonym for the U.S. Congress, with “the” 31 Cheney in the

House 32 Matches up 36 Mathematician

Lovelace 37 Rock band that memorably played Carnegie Hall on 2/12/1964, with “the” 40 One of the Manning brothers 41 Verboten 43 Polish off 44 Goal of

philanthropy 45 FLIP-FLOP 49 Dr. Montgomery on “Grey’s Anatomy” 52 Fancy

pillowcase 53 FLIP

55 Doesn’t buy,

say

59 Make a knot

not?

60 FLOP 63 Education

professional 64 Drink of

Athens 65 Asics

competitor 66 Famed English boarding school 67 Stepped 68 Andrew who ran for president and mayor of New York City

DOWN

1 Cookouts, for

short

Cad

Newton, for

one

Like whatever comes after “How should I put this?” “Dynamite”

boy band

Part of a nest

egg, in brief Word that may be defiantly rhymed with “schmool” 8 Intensify 9 With a chip on one’s shoulder 10 Challenging soprano pieces, say 11 Kindled anew 12 Pre-pares

potatoes? 15 Place to play dodgeball, informally 17 Caffeine nut 21 Many a swing

voter: Abbr. 23 Magazine that sponsors Women in Hollywood awards 24 Home to more than 2,300 languages 26 Zoom window 2 3

4 5 6 7

By Barbara Lin

27 Verdi opera set in ancient Egypt

28 It’s a piece of

cake! 29 Culture that introduced popcorn to the world

33 Light element 34 One of a pair in the mule family?

35 Pro or con 37 Third shot, for

many

38 Big name in

chips

39 Make one’s

mark, in a way 42 Polling subject 44 Time for

tailgating 46 ___ roll (Brits’ term for toilet paper) 47 Where the cool

kids go 48 “Listen!” 49 Less than right 50 Food with a

hole

51 “So do I” 54 Curved line over a series of notes, in sheet music 56 Flare up? 57 Single bed,

curiously 58 Cause for a

run, maybe 61 Emmy-winning

actress Aduba 62 Wordlessly

agree

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