NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Insect that builds a paper nest 5 Takes a breather 10 Fig. of total economic output 13 Mayberry boy of
1960s TV
14 Make legal 15 Logs, for a fire 16 Riddled (with) 17 Lamented Princess of Wales 18 Sin often associated with green 19 Major-league team from the Motor City 22 Frozen H2O 23 Female deer 24 Not quite right 27 Start of a tennis rally
29 “Hold your horses!” 32 Variety 34 Prefix often associated with green
35 “You there!” 36 Ballot for candidates of more than one party
40 One that gives a
hoot?
42 Humor 43 Container at a
beer bash 44 Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representative 47 Greek I’s 51 Two-___ sword 52 Precollege exam 54 Genetic material 55 Comes out ahead in either case … as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across? 60 Sources of much
spam
62 Helper in
conning 63 Nuptial exchange 64 At no cost 65 Stage before
metamorphosis 66 Gambling mecca north of Carson City
67 Gave a meal to 68 Helpers 69 Genesis garden
Down
1 “People are saying …”
2 Each
3 Kitchen gizmo
for flour
4 Equal
5 SiriusXM medium 6 Best of the best 7 Part of a window
blind
8 Morrison who
wrote “Beloved” 9 Gala giveaways 10 Item with cross
hairs
11 Home of Carson
City: Abbr. 12 Two-___ toilet paper 15 Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named
20 Three-time Pro Bowler ___ Beckham Jr. 21 Dine 25 “Nevertheless, ___ persisted” 26 Porker’s quarters 28 Big shot, for short
29 Italian for “seven” 30 French for “here” 31 Tick-___ 33 Green-fleshed
fruit
36 How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion
37 “Tiny” Dickens boy
38 Singer Urban 39 A narcissist has a
big one
40 Be in debt 41 Lump of chewing
gum
45 What good
movie trailers do
46 Gridiron scores, for short
48 Sent to another team
49 “Can I get a volunteer? Somebody …?” 50 Jeans brand popular in the 1980s
52 Do, as a
crossword 53 Book of maps 56 Mallorca, e.g. 57 Bangkok native 58 Something “in the hand” that’s “worth two in the bush” 59 Something an informant might wear
60 Very close pal,
informally 61 Mine cart
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