NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Lines at the
cinema?
7 Trim, as text 11 What a winner
takes, it’s said 14 ___ Prize (satirical scientific award since 1991) 16 Seaweed around
sushi
17 Oolong, e.g. 18 Mix at a mixer,
say
21 Annual video game competition, for short
22 Event first televised in 1953, with “the” 23 Finishes
24 S.U.V. alternative 26 Hoppy brew 27 Gobbled up 29 Texter’s “Can you
believe it?!” 30 Metaphor for lies, in a Walter Scott poem
35 Pinnacle
37 Took without
asking
38 One day ___
time
39 & 43 Historical period found in each set of circled letters 45 Long, long time 46 Add up to 49 Bearded beasts 50 Fit perfectly 53 The first “O” of
O.O.O. 54 Fled
55 Cube root of
1,000 56 Intel-gathering
mission 59 Opening with
leaks?
62 Feature of a
deerstalker 64 Baton Rouge sch. 65 Surviving, but
just barely
69 A braggart has a
big one 70 Opposite of “for
here”
71 Humble response to “How do you do it?” 72 “Unbelievable!” 73 Site of a fabled
gift horse 74 Snags
Down
1 Coins that are
1.35 mm thick 2 “Go ahead, tell
me the answer” 3 Latin phrase
before a year 4 Yule ___ (Christmas confection)
5 Like kiwis and plum tomatoes, by shape 6 Astonished
exclamations 7 Competition
participant 8 Homer Simpson’s
signature cries 9 Vexation
10 The first “O” of
O-O-O 11 Gazillions 12 NSFW, probably 13 Young chaps 15 Aboveboard 19 Many California
wines
20 ___ Richards a.k.a. Mr. Fantastic 25 “Couldn’t have
said it any better” 27 Partner
28 “Smells Like ___ Spirit” (Nirvana song)
31 Divine Father 32 Needed further
explanation 33 Shakespearean
words to a traitor 34 Howls at the
moon
35 Terrific, in slang 36 With 52-Down, 39-Across leader from 1949 to 1976
40 Singer James 41 In the near future 42 Greek vowel 44 Feverish
symptom 47 “Good going!” 48 Suspicious (of ) 51 Class with
angles, for short 52 See 36-Down 53 Batman or Harry
Potter, e.g. 57 Tributary of the
Missouri River 58 Unclothed
figures
59 “I’m glad that’s
over!”
60 Jafar’s parrot in
“Aladdin”
61 Have memorized 62 Breakfast brand 63 Green dispensers 66 Cousin ___ (“The Addams Family” character) 67 Neither’s partner 68 Basis for some
vaccines