The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Trace of smoke 5 McEntire known as “The Queen of Country” 9 Like aged

cheddar 14 Length x width,

for a rectangle 15 Major monitor

maker 16 Flooring

installer 17 Engaged in some

risky behavior 20 “Eww, I didn’t need to know that” 21 Nonnegotiable

salary limit 22 Microphone jack,

for one 27 Sit-___ (some

protests) 28 “Thar ___

blows!”

29 Poetic contraction that omits a “v”

30 Measure of

time, in music 32 Alternative to a station wagon, in brief

33 Cook for too

long, say 35 Chunk floating in the Arctic Ocean

36 “I’m appalled!” 41 “Whose ___ Is It Anyway?” (long-running improv show) 42 Alphabetically first group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 43 Curtain hanger 44 Watch over, as a

fire

45 Agcy.

for drivers 46 Veer suddenly 47 Flaky fish

48 Be honored

before burial 52 Portuguese or

Spanish 55 French word that sounds like an English pronoun 56 With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way

... or a punny description of this puzzle’s circled letters 62 Enclosures for

shark watchers 63 The “R” of I.R.L. 64 Messy, semiliquid substance 65 Analyze, as ore 66 Droops

67 See 56-Across

“A good time ___ had by all” Tick off Dolphin’s home LaBelle known as “The Godmother of Soul” Half-diameters Prefix with system

7 Jerry’s partner

in ice cream 8 Bespectacled cartoon aardvark

9 Move

slightly

10 Rear

11 Activist who cofounded Black Lives Matter 12 Disavow

13 Gets ready 18 Genre sometimes mixed with rap 19 Word before

trick or tip 22 Aide: Abbr. 23 “That’s not

true!” 24 Appetizers sprinkled with paprika 25 “Awkwafina Is ___ From Queens”

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2 3 4 5 6

DOWN

By David Steinberg

(Comedy Central series)

26 George Eliot or

Mark Twain 30 Letter after

alpha 31 Mis-enter a

passcode, say 33 Assemble, as a

book

34 ___ with caution 35 Fella

37 Greed, gluttony

or sloth 38 “Duh!,” in

modern slang 39 Source of milk for some cheeses 40 Relatively easy section of a jigsaw puzzle 44 Wolff who wrote “This Boy’s Life” 45 Certain restaurants

… or their customers 47 About, in dates 48 Place to wear

goggles 49 Christmas

carols

50 Take to court 51 Little bit

of color 53 Mother of Zeus 54 ___-bitsy 57 Steaming

cupful

58 Make like a

puppy’s tail 59 Smallest poodle

variety 60 Clod-breaking

tool

61 Records with only a few tracks, for short