NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Classic TV show with a celebrity panel 10 Verbally attack 14 Taverns 15 Yo- Yo Ma’s

instrument 16 Plea that accepts conviction without admitting guilt 17 Picture puzzle 18 Soda brand introduced in 1924 19 Feudal status 21 Philosopher

Descartes 24 Musical set in

Oz, with “The” 25 “Aaron Burr, ___” (“Hamilton” song with a rhyming title) 28 Like Monopoly deeds that are flipped upside down 32 Starchy substance found in some plant roots 34 Direction 35 Software issues 38 Strong suit? 39 Gift in a relationship that’s getting serious, maybe 40 “Network”

director Sidney 41 Cat call 42 Saldana of “Star Trek Beyond” 43 Unsteady 44 4, for 19 divided

by 5 47 Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple 48 Snooze 49 Some airport postings, for short 51 Flawed 56 Counselor

employer 60 Ice cream feature represented four times in this puzzle 61 “False!” 64 Chutney fruit 65 Springing back

in disgust 66 Rural carriage 67 Many flower children, these days

Down

1 Thomas who wrote “Death in Venice” 2 ___ vera 3 Silicon Valley

specialty 4 “Hallelujah!”

singers 5 Sweetie 6 Belly 7 Unfailingly 8 Formation with

steep cliffs 9 Best guesses:

Abbr. 10 The Devil 11 Duchess of ___

( Goya subject) 12 Creature leaving

a slime trail 13 Garden watering

aid 15 Bond player

after Brosnan 20 Influence 22 Sheik’s peer 23 Prefix with

issue 25 Thailand, before

1939 26 About, on a

memo 27 One might start

“I heard…” 29 11- year old,

e. g. 30 Part of L. G. B. T. 31 Toon that flies

with his ears 33 Lethargic 36 Hair stiffeners 37 One hell of a

river? 39 Garden pond

fish 40 Feudal figure 42 ___ Dingbats

( font) 43 Soaked 45 Drug kingpin on

“TheWire” 46 Separate 50 Skullcap? 51 Schools of

thought 52 Sound of an air

kiss 53 ___ colada 54 French “to be” 55 Party mix cereal 57 Et ___ ( and

others) 58 Seven Dwarfs’

workplace 59 Mastermind

game pieces 62 French “you” 63 Small taste