NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 “Common Sense”
pamphleteer 6 Rambler maker
of old, for short 9 Hindu on a bed
of nails 14 Yellowstone has more than two million of them 15 Guy’s square
dance partner 16 2006 Supreme
Court appointee 17 Response to
“Knock knock” 19 Fr. misses 20 On its way 21 “Esther…” 23 Cut, as with a
letter opener 25 Ore-___ ( frozen
food brand) 26 One referred to
as “my hero!” 29 Witchy woman 31 Not genuine:
Abbr. 35 Squeeze
moisture from 36 “Yvonne…” 38 Go public with 39 Natalie Portman or Gene Simmons, by birth 41 Some E. R. cases 42 “Sadie…” 44 Reason to earn a
badge 46 Whodunit’s
essence 47 Like all prime
numbers but one 48 Where Dorothy and Toto are from 49 Camera type, in
brief 51 Shelter rescues,
e. g. 52 “Ken…” 57 In ___ of
( replacing) 61 S. S. N., e. g. 62 “Luke…” 64 General local
weather pattern 65 Like some stock
trades, for short 66 Like a merino 67 Can’t stomach 68 Drop in on 69 Often- buggy
software versions
Down
1 Handles clumsily 2 Need ibuprofen,
say 3 Mineral plentiful
in kale 4 Occupies, as a
bird does a tree 5 Ballpark fig. 6 Secret ___ 7 Musical partner
of Peter and Paul 8 Queen of the
Nile, briefly 9 World- renowned 10 Words of
acclamation 11 Scale unit, in most of the world 12 Subject for
gossips 13 Jack’s love in
“Titanic” 18 ___ metal ( 1980s
music subgenre) 22 British pol Farage 24 KenKen solver’s
need 26 Washington establishment, so to speak 27 Typeface similar
to Helvetica 28 Many a
September birth 29 Overcollect? 30 Tucked in 32 Eighth- century conquerors of Iberia 33 Second- mostpopulous nation 34 Components of
some batteries 36 Stepped heavily
( on) 37 Align the cross
hairs on 40 Like some testimony and enemies 43 “The deadline
has arrived” 45 Keep under one’s
thumb 48 Vegas numbers
game 50 Fills with cargo 51 Biden’s successor
as V. P. 52 Hankering 53 Black- tie affair 54 Fire drill
objective 55 “Chicago” simpleton ___ Hart 56 One to whom you might say “G’day!” 58 Rolling ___
( wealthy) 59 Pulitzer winner
Ferber 60 Plays for a sap 63 Play ___ with ( do
mischief to)