NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 With 69-Across, childish taunt … and a homophonic hint to the answers to the asterisked clues 5 Monastery head 10 Angry, resentful

state 14 First James

Bond movie 15 Italian scientist after whom an electrical unit is named 16 Carbon

compound 17 Turkish honorific 18 Kind of personality, in broadcasting 19 Hairstyle that’s rarely seen on blonds and redheads 20 *Elated 23 Egyptian boy

king 25 Masthead

figures, for short 26 References in

a footnote 27 “I give!” 29 One who goes

a-courting 32 *Believing in

nothing 35 With 40-Across,

tip off 39 Major Fla.-to

Calif. route 40 See 35-Across 41 Spanish years 42 Relinquish 43 *Inflammation of

gum tissue 45 Spying aircraft 47 Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns 48 Houston

baseballer 51 Item of sports equipment sometimes seen on top of a car 53 Yea’s opposite 54 *Eensy-weensy

beach garments 59 Chicken ___

(dish) 60 Man of steel? 61 Told a whopper 64 Olympic sword 65 France’s Val

d’___ 66 “In that case …” 67 Joins in holy

matrimony 68 “lol, u r so funny” and others 69 See 1-Across

DOWN

1 Pharmaceutical-approving grp. 2 Grp. 3 Separated, as a horse from its carriage 4 Horse with more than one color 5 Steer clear of 6 Water pipes 7 Unexciting 8 “Miss ___ Regrets” 9 Covering pulled out during a rain delay 10 Stick it in your

ear 11 Not suitable 12 Talent 13 Dental thread 21 Part of a shoe

with a tap 22 Here, to Henri 23 Old Greek

garment 24 Join 28 Low, hard hits 29 Children’s

author R. L. ___ 30 Pegasus

appendage 31 Play’s opening 33 “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy” speaker 34 Lower part of

the leg 36 Make stronger

and deeper 37 “And there you

have it!” 38 Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice 44 Self-absorbed 46 Politico Paul 48 Off-kilter 49 Michael of

R.E.M. 50 Cornered, as a

raccoon 51 Women’s hybrid tennis garment 52 Toys with

tails 55 Bits of sand 56 Audio equipment giant 57 Alpine goat 58 Tennis’s

Nastase 62 WNW’s

opposite 63 Mexican couple