The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Actress Christina of “The Addams Family”
6 Amusement park attraction
10 Ink “oops”
14 French romance
15 Taiwanese tech giant
16 Assistant
17 Classic Sylvester Stallone part
18 Alfresco spot for a “spot”
20 Greater responsibility, often as part of a promotion
22 Furious
23 “College GameDay” broadcaster
26 Pointing out minuscule annoyances
33 Lo-o-ong time
35 “Let me clarify …”
36 Flying saucer fliers, in brief
37 Org. for pet rescue
38 Reality star sister of Kim and Kourtney
42 Congers and morays
43 Academic’s degree
44 Jordanian landmark described as “a rose-red city half as old as time”
45 Sign of a packed performance
46 Goal of some core workouts
49 This, in Spanish
51 Anatomical pouch
52 One helping in a band … or what can be found in each set of circled letters?
60 Rigorous email management strategy
63 Vital artery
64 “Dagnabbit!”
65 Novelist Kingsley
66 Exams for aspiring attorneys, in brief
67 Reedy wind instrument
68 Civil rights icon Parks
69 Really energize
DOWN
1 Uncommon
2 Extra-large movie format
3 Workers’ ___ (onthe-job insurance)
4 Havana is its capital
5 Excavation site for a steelmaker
6 Suitable for all ages, as a movie
7 Like many a summertime beverage
8 Cherished
9 Latin “therefore”
10 Exposes, as one’s teeth or soul
11 Part of the eye that blinks
12 Poem of praise
13 “Count to ___” (calming advice)
19 Certain tavern pours
21 QB Marino
24 Pumpkin seed, by another name
25 Like diets that cut out bread and pasta
26 Spearlike weapons of medieval times
27 Text from a waiting car pool driver
28 String quartet instruments
29 Evil organization on “Get Smart” 30 Dorky sorts
31 “_ _ _ be my pleasure!”
32 Airport screening grp.
34 Grandmas
37 Backyard building
39 Speed measure on European hwys.
40 Some sushi tuna
41 Kellogg’s breakfast cereal
46 Cajole
47 Spanish wife
48 ___ Vegas, Nev.
50 Steakhouse option
53 Industry bigwig
54 ___ Sabe (the Lone Ranger, to Tonto)
55 Leon ___, “Exodus” author
56 What glasses rest on
57 Color of an overcast sky
58 “___, Brute?”
59 Carpenter’s file
60 Altar promise
61 Catch in the act
62 Dude