NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Hatchling
6 Line crosser, of a
sort 10 Component of a cellphone bill 14 World capital that’s home to the Temple of Literature, built in 1070
15 Show up 16 Blue-violet shade 17 Crime investigated by an insurance company 18 “Strike three!” or “Yer out!”?
20 Sit (down) heavily
21 Noisy shouting 22 Way to catch a conger? 24 Alley prowler 29 It’s used in soapmaking 30 Input
33 One of four in the human heart 34 Mo. with a holiday on its final day
35 Loser at
Waterloo
37 The main characters of “Brokeback Mountain,” e.g.? 41 Resisting
42 Uno y uno 43 Apple centers 44 “Darn it!” 46 When the Kentucky Derby is held
49 Breaks things off
51 Drinking buddy? 53 Fixate
56 Spot
57 Gross messages? 61 “___ World” (“Sesame Street” segment) 62 Princess who says “You’re my only hope” in a hologram 63 Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky 64 Kind of beer … or a multi-word hint to 18-, 22-, 37-, 51- and 57-Across 65 Rich soil 66 Temperance proponents 67 Slyly spiteful
Down
1 Place of worship 2 Road hog? 3 Foot support 4 Appropriate 5 Clan
6 Bulk up, as muscles 7 Out-of-it state 8 Toggle on a clock 9 Make drunk,
quaintly
10 Run out of juice 11 “___ You My Mother?” (children’s book) 12 Personal quirk 13 “Green,”“black”
or “white” tree 19 Cheese in an
Italian sub
21 “I refuse to believe that!” 23 Economic downturn 25 Places to find food courts and kiosks
26 Miss ___, famed TV psychic 27 Profess
28 Till compartment 31 Furnish with money
32 Mil. branch of the U.K. 34 Fiona and Shrek, for two 36 Cycles 37 Speed 38 Door-to-door sales company 39 Homework lover, say 40 Helpful info for a curbside pickup, briefly 45 Society at large, with “the”
46 Big, bushy-tailed squirrel 47 Went to a restaurant 48 Like some breads and beers 50 Long-term U.S. security 52 European country with a cross on its flag 54 Tend to the sauce, say 55 “___, meeny, miney, mo …” 57 “___ say!” 58 Bus. driver? 59 Sportage automaker 60 Crop item grown in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” 61 Key that exits full-screen video