NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Big mess
6 Merino, for one 10 What shaken soda cans do after being opened
14 Hour and minutes separator
15 Long-eared
hopper
16 Smidgen
17 The Eagles’ “___
These Nights” 18 Working
diligently
19 Source of linen 20 Sommelier?
23 Winter D.C.
setting
24 “If you ask me …,” in shorthand
25 Pen’s end
26 Sense of self
29 Bartender?
32 Product once advertised with the jingle “Who wears short shorts? …”
35 How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason
36 Shakespeare’s “___ Andronicus”
37 Actress
Kendrick
38 Booth at a fair 41 Let go of
42 The “I” of I.P.A. 44 Suffix with
super 45 Quod ___ demonstrandum
46 Soda jerk?
50 One of 12 in “antidisestablishmentarianism”: Abbr.
51 Sgt. or cpl.
52 Group of scenes 53 Govt. agency for
retirees
56 Barista?
60 Concept
62 ___ de las
Amazonas
63 Turn away
64 Word after fist
or baby
65 Blue: Sp.
66 Sunnis and
Shiites, e.g.
67 Intersect
68 Bone-dry
69 Writing by
John Locke or Alexander Pope
DOWN
1 It will have you
seeing things
2 Discussing politics and religion with strangers, often 3 On the qui vive 4 12 inches
5 Dirty, as a trick 6 “You got a problem with that?”
7 “I do solemnly
swear …,” e.g.
8 ___ Belt
9 Proceed without
restraint 10 Sort (through) 11 Dacron fabric,
for one
12 Boarding pass
info
13 Makeup of candles or early records
21 Sch. in Amherst 22 “Yeah, sure”
27 Dutch city or a cheese it’s famous for
28 Beginning
29 Outlet from a
sink
30 Part of a bridal
gown
31 Chopped finely,
as food
32 Babes in the
woods
33 What an onslaught of political ads may do
34 “Pretend for a moment that you care what I want”
39 Easy-peasy
40 Rubbish
43 ___ time
(never)
47 Top-of-theline Honda offerings
48 Give an electrical charge
49 Order that may follow “Tenhut!”
53 Engineering
details
54 Big name in
mattresses
55 ___-craftsy
57 Entranced
58 Gloomy
59 Dark times,
informally
60 Company nicknamed Big Blue
61 In ___ time