The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Wizard’s weapon 6 Meat in a burger 10 Famous ___ cookies
14 Gem from an oyster
15 Peas, for a pea shooter
16 Tales handed down orally
17 Web company with an exclamation mark in its name
18 Nutty candy offering
20 Mardi Gras city, colloquially
22 Word after game, set or match 23 Ultradense galactic body 29 N.Y.C. airport code 30 ___ Grey (variety of 2-Down)
31 Spot for a mic clip 32 The Bee ___ (music group) 33 Instrument with pipes
35 Deliver a grand message
37 Fresh starts ... or, when said aloud, what 18-, 23-, 53and 58-Across all have?
42 Like some sprays and voices
43 Danger
45 “Seven” things for a pirate 48 Construction beam material
51 Part to play 52 Sanjay Gupta’s channel
53 Soba servings, for instance
55 Houston baseballer
57 Pollen gatherers 58 Top dog
62 Airplane seating alternative to window
66 It’s catchy
67 Picked a card
68 Step
69 Strong desires 70 Wraps up
71 Uses a computer keyboard
DOWN
1 Intel employee? 2 Breakfast beverage
3 Ooh and ___ 4 Grassy areas near driveways
5 Each button in an elevator
6 Yellow fruit
7 Music subcategory that’s a vowel change from 8-Down 8 Australian bird that’s a vowel change from 7-Down
9 Weather phenomenon that London is famous for
10 Judy Garland, voicewise
11 Kind of phone on the coast of Alabama?
12 Fruit with the name of its color 13 Some mattress choices
19 Mo. before May 21 “Haha” alternative 23 Protagonist in
“The Matrix”
24 Bring in, as income 25 Strongly suggest 26 This is not good! 27 Arctic ___ (migratory bird) 28 Mathematician Turing 32 Philanthropic quality
34 Org. for the
Hawks, but not the Falcons
36 Gratuity
38 Canadian gas brand
39 Cat: Sp.
40 “Money doesn’t ___ on trees” 41 Window ledge 44 “___ Misérables” 45 Insufficient in quantity 46 Guarantee 47 Avenger played by Paul Rudd 49 Macaroni shapes 50 Suni ___, Team U.S.A. gymnastics medalist
53 Neither’s partner 54 Brutish creature 56 Parts of a gym set 59 Poem of praise 60 Coffee vessel 61 Sansa’s father on “Game of Thrones”
63 Source of maple syrup
64 Political factchecker’s verdict, maybe
65 Triage centers, for short