NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Classic Halloween costume
6 Gossip, e.g. 10 ___ the fat (gossip, e.g.) 14 Tag for the “Friday the 13th” film subtitled “A
New Beginning” 15 One of a pair on a car 16 Dance in a festive skirt 17 Addition to a soda, but not to a beer
18 Onetime Queens stadium 19 Format much used for action films 20 What 7-Down is 23 Extended story line 26 Spun fiber
27 Thick Japanese noodle 28 Fix, as the back of
a shoe 30 What you might do when you cross your fingers
32 Den grp.
35 See 10-Down
36 Condition that causes fidgeting, informally
38 Sporting blades
40 For each item
41 Philly
basketballer
43 Pair that’s
kissing?
44 Evil spirit
46 Cuisine with tom
yum soup
47 Prefix with chamber 48 Stir 49 Cat-o’-nine-tails component 51 Its head is in the Himalayas 53 One bound to the land 55 Some Marvel superheroes 57 Urban grid: Abbr. 58 Shape of 7-Down 61 Carefully search 62 McCarthy aide Roy 63 Gave (out) 67 Eins + zwei 68 Band with the
1988 #1 hit “Need You Tonight” 69 Common name for a central rail station 70 Detective’s assignment 71 Govt. org. for whistle-blowers 72 Dance or dip
Down
1 One talking to a driver?
2 Fashion statement at the Kentucky Derby
3 Hockey great
Bobby
4 Try
5 Lucy Ricardo, to
Ricky
6 One of Caesar’s
assassins 7 When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure 8 Downwind
9 Ally (with) 10 With 35-Across, actor who said
“You can’t fool me, there ain’t no Sanity Clause” 11 Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down 12 Carrier to the Mideast 13 Linoleum cover 21 Spanish stews 22 Nice thought? 23 Spanish ___ 24 Gathered 25 Genetic bundles 29 Brand of dryerase markers
31 Ancient theaters 33 Quidditch team, e.g. 34 Evaluate 37 Morse units, informally 39 Architect’s drawing 42 Brightest star in
Orion
45 Workers’ rights agcy. 50 Big workers’ grp. since 1955 52 Ill will 54 Jazzman Blake 56 Smart society 58 Picasso muse ___ Maar 59 They go to great lengths 60 Lucy Lawless title role
61 Flu-fighting org. 64 Up to, informally 65 Goddess whom Homer called
“rosy-fingered”
66 Subject of this puzzle