The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Kudzu or ivy 5 Alternative to solid, liquid or gas 11 ___ Lanka 14 Celebrity who’s adored
15 Coded message 16 Nonhuman member of the family
17 *Secretary of Perry Mason
19 “A” card in the deck
20 Science fiction writer Asimov 21 Variety
22 Do the hustle? 23 *Alcoholics Anonymous program
27 Hosts with mics, for short
30 Call between ready and go 31 Indigenous people for whom a Great Lake is named 32 Trees with acorns 34 Drug also known as angel dust, in brief
36 Measuring instrument that may have a needle 39 *Finish a gymnastics routine perfectly 43 Justice Sotomayor 44 Little rascal
45 Doe’s mate
46 Memos
49 Nile snake
51 Pigs’ place 52 *Description of a wholesome, clean-cut guy 55 Make ___ meet 56 Letter between oh and cue
57 Element suggested phonetically by NOPQ STUV ... 62 Hawaiian necklace 63 Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues?
66 Sass
67 Similar chemical compound
68 Actor McGregor 69 Chicago trains
70 Big name in small planes
71 Diarist Frank
DOWN 1 “Veni, ___, vici” 2 Midmonth date 3 Mardi Gras city, informally
4 Jazz great Fitzgerald
5 Some laptops, for short
6 On fire 7 Busy month for accountants
8 Table for later 9 More timid 10 “But is it ___?” 11 Attire for astronauts
12 Summary 13 Trinkets, tchotchkes and whatnot 18 “Macbeth” has five of these 22 Places
24 Cried
25 Write on stone, say
26 Road Work Ahead or Dead End 27 Carpet on a forest floor
28 Famed Roman censor
29 Is unsuited to go swimming, but does so anyway? 33 Descendants
35 I. M. ___, Louvre Pyramid architect 37 Swarming pest 38 Like holiday nogs 40 Fashion designer Spade
41 “OMG, that’s so funny!”
42 Lhasa ___ (dog breed)
47 Many a newspaper scoop 48 Shorthand writers 50 Baby buggy, to Brits
52 “Beauty and the Beast” heroine 53 Baseball great Buck
54 Considers
58 Perlman of “Cheers”
59 Dress worn to a ball
60 Its capital is Muscat
61 Hawaii’s only native goose
63 Juice brand with a hyphenated name 64 Japanese currency 65 Savings plan, briefly