NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 Blender button 5 “Madly for ___” ( 1952 campaign slogan) 10 Think piece? 14 The Gaels of the

N. C. A. A. 15 Pretend 16 Emmy winner Gunn of “Breaking Bad” 17 Having trouble

deciding 18 Noodle dish 19 Bygone Fords 20 Uplifting remake of a 1980 Donald Sutherland/ Mary Tyler Moore film? 23 Foreman foe 24 Bud rival 26 Uplifting remake of a 2010 Annette Bening/ Julianne Moore film? 33 “Walk Away ___”

( 1966 top 10 hit) 34 Prohibition enforcer, informally 35 Have second

thoughts about 36 Birthplace of the

tango: Abbr. 37 Big name in

dishes 40 Spleen 41 Bucolic setting 42 Mecca’s holy

Kaaba, e. g. 43 :-( 45 Uplifting remake of a 1997 Jack Nicholson/ Helen Hunt film? 49 Long 50 Subject of a 10- part 2017 Ken Burns documentary on PBS, for short 51 Uplifting remake of a 1964 Audrey Hepburn/ Rex Harrison film? 58 Wooley with the 1958 # 1 hit “The Purple People Eater” 60 Bakery draw 61 Nastase of

tennis fame 62 Big Island coffee 63 Indigenous

Canadian 64 Store sign 65 Envelope abbr. 66 Rich dessert 67 “Even Homer

___” ( old saying) Down 1 Mental acuity 2 Free throw

target 3 About 4 Flatten 5 Lily- livered 6 “You’re on!” 7 Like thoroughly

cooked pasta 8 Jon who wrote and illustrated “Palindromania!”

9 Naïf 10 Cat played by

Jane Fonda 11 Fictional ship on a five- year mission 12 “What happened next?” 13 “Hip Hop Is

Dead” rapper 21 Lead- in to

“So sue me” 22 > 0: Abbr. 25 Artist who went

dotty? 26 Carefree

syllables 27 Inquisition

infraction 28 Gig 29 Move like

Jagger 30 Slide

presentation? 31 Beats quickly, in

a way 32 Oboes and such 38 “No rush” 39 Curriculum ___ 44 Iconic movie

studio symbol 46 Popular shades

brand 47 A good one is under 3.00, for short 48 Con 52 Puzzlemaker

Rubik 53 Whiskey drink 54 Drop 55 Purina One

alternative 56 Stopped

working 57 Longings 58 Reggae

forerunner 59 Flying off the

shelves