NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Multi-Emmywinning actor whose first and last names start with the same two letters 5 Disco ___ of

“The Simpsons” 8 Attack from the air

14 911s and Panameras 16 Rule at a selfserve gas station 17 *Followed warnings 18 *Materialistic sort, stereotypically 19 Punk rock offshoot

20 Red dolls made to be tickled 22 Musician’s gift 23 *Marijuana cigarette, informally 25 *Posted inflammatory blog comments, e.g.

29 Job to do 30 Censor’s insertion 32 Sch. whose mascot is Mike the Tiger

33 Gut course 36 Not in time for 38 Like goods that are temporarily out of stock

… or a hint, alphabetically, to the answers to the starred clues 40 Early afternoon nap

42 “___ run!” 43 Poodle’s sound

44 “Now the gloves come off!” 46 Farrow and Hamm, for two 50 *Chewbacca, e.g. 52 *Autonomous cleaner

54 One used to old habits?

55 Shy

58 Sch. whose mascot is Sparky the Sun Devil 59 *“L’chaim!” 62 *Like toddlers in high chairs, often 64 Like better 65 Guitarist Joe with 15 Grammy nominations 66 Passover meals 67 Power sources for some clocks 68 Wee workers

Down

1 Exam for some smart H.S. students

2 Start for a “land” in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” 3 Evidences hunger, in a way

4 Query

5 Word after ice or

book

6 Abound (with)

7 “If you prick ___ we not bleed?”: “The Merchant of Venice” 8 Dangerous plant to have around? 9 One-man show about Capote 10 What matching ends of magnets do 11 Shocked

12 Like Snow White, among them all 13 A Cyclops has just

one

15 Apron wearer 21 Sault ___ Marie 24 Home furnishings superstores 26 Find a new tenant for

27 Some dazzling

designs 28 Twosome 30 Letters on a party invitation 31 Slow and stately, in music

34 When Hamlet says “The play’s the thing” in “Hamlet”

35 Play ice hockey, e.g.

37 “I love you,” in Spain

38 Made dirty

39 Crime boss 40 Alternative to an ax

41 Raw material for steel 45 Collectible group 47 “Count me among your admirers”

48 The “A” of AWOL 49 Some Arabian Peninsula residents 51 Surgical tool 52 Civil disturbances 53 Something you can pick up with your nose 56 Actress Rae 57 Longtime film rating org. 59 “Decorates” on Halloween, for short

60 “___ sher!” 61 Places to which patients are rushed in hosps. 63 Actress Vardalos