The New York Times
ACROSS 1 Mockumentary Kazakh journalist 6 “The Avengers” franchise, e.g. 10 Spring dance 14 Luck o’ the ___ 15 Treats, as a swollen ankle 16 Domain of Venus and Aphrodite 17 They often come out at night 19 “Couldn’t have said it better!” 20 Run-down hotels 21 Modern birthday greeting 22 Antiquity 23 Shave 25 Hospital glove material
28 First lady of 2001 to ’09
33 Like the “f” ”¨replaced by an apostrophe in “man-o’-war” 35 Prefix with athlete 36 ___ and for all 37 Mo. with Earth Day 38 Certain auto gear ”¦ as suggested by the circled letters 41 Sacred animal to Hindus 42 “Can’t You See That _ _ _ Mine” (1964 hit) 44 Lucy of “Elementary” 45 Make certain
47 Was destined to fail
50 Ponied up, in poker 51 Wickedness 52 Wickedness 54 Problem for sleepers 57 What might hold little suckers? 61 Darling
62 Host of Marco Polo 64 Female equivalent of a knight 65 Words to an “old chap” 66 “Super!” 67 Transport down a hill 68 “Phooey!” 69 Part of G.D.P.
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1 “Back to the Future” bully 2 Kind of test it’s hard to cheat on 3 Irritate 4 Tested, as ore 5 Simon & Garfunkel hit ”¨in which “Lie-la-lie, lie-lalie la ”¨lie-la-lie” is repeatedly sung 6 Longtime
“All Things Considered” host Robert 7 “Pocket rockets,” in poker 8 Understand 9 ___ Wednesday
10 Pill in experimental studies
11 The Eternal City, to natives 12 Finished 13 Repair
18 Stuff in cigarettes 21 Victorian ___ 23 Car or cat sound 24 Emerge, as a problem
25 Dog collar attachment
26 _ _ _ wolf (pack leader) 27 Weary 29 Consumed quickly and fully
30 Raw, as a gem 31 Movie music 32 Chopped 34 National Capital Territory of India 39 One of a family of stringed instruments
40 Passing, as laws 43 Smiled disparagingly 46 Adidas or Air Jordan
48 Some gametes 49 ___ Ashford, National Track and Field Hall of Famer 53 Like peas ___ pod 54 Tacks on 55 Sound of church bells
56 What every make of auto has 57 Skier’s conveyance 58 Former transportation secretary Elaine 59 Back muscles, in brief
60 First son of Seth 62 Joke (with) 63 “Suits” network