NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Like some
committees 6 Many a Syrian or
Yemeni 10 “Ri-i-i-ight”
14 “Je t’aime” : French :: “___” : Spanish
15 Does some tech
work
17 Firm fruit
18 With 66-Across, hint for solving this puzzle 20 “Roll doubles to get out of jail” or “You do not talk about Fight Club” 21 Supreme
Egyptian deity 22 Centerpiece of
an agenda 24 Actor George of
“The Goldbergs” 27 Museum
curators’ degs. 28 “Lah-di-___!” 31 Some nightclub
performances 33 Sound of impact 36 Vexed
38 Garment patented in 1914 by Mary Phelps Jacob
39 “My alarm didn’t
go off,” for one 41 Young musician 42 Mount Olympus 44 Look good
45 One of the Three
Magi
47 Insurance giant bailed out in 2008 48 Some turban
wearers
49 Hwy. accident
respondent 50 Call home 53 Singer with the 2016 #1 hit “Cheap Thrills” 54 Gossip
55 Sticky plant stuff 57 As a unit
61 Takes a whiff 65 Thick Japanese
noodle 66 Continuation of
18-Across
69 Cuts short 70 Feature of a
helmet, maybe 71 Absorb, as
information 72 Water buffalo 73 ___ Midas Wolf (Disney’s “Three Little Pigs” antagonist) 74 Senator Joni of
Iowa
Down
1 Gillette razor
name
2 Judge
3 Give birth to 4 Signs of trouble 5 Emend
6 No soft serve 7 Caviar, for
example
8 Only human,
briefly
9 Wasn’t, then was 10 Actor Elba of
“Cats” 11 Engagement
ring 12 What is she in
France? 13 Abound
16 Went to third, say 19 Story spanning
generations
23 Lil ___ (“Old Town Road” rapper)
25 U.S.A., USB or
U.S.C.
26 Wild West show
rope
28 Word with
square or line 29 Crew top
30 Job bank 32 Symbol of sharp
wit
33 Does not 34 Official beer sponsor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 35 Group thinking 37 Grossglockner,
for one
40 CBS forensic
drama 42 Object of hate-watching, perhaps
43 Giant storybook 46 Not very much 48 Rod used to
make yarn 51 1978 movie musical starring Diana Ross
52 U.N. member
until 1991
54 Like a neutron
star
56 Not as nasty 57 Part IV 58 Evidence of
expiration
59 Cold Asian desert 60 National flower
of England 62 Cold Spanish
dessert
63 Pelts 64 Lampooned,
with “up”
67 Pan Asian
68 Rock hard