NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Try, informally
5 Billboard magazine feature
10 Garment with
straps
13 Immature insect
14 “Huzzah!”
15 Severe
disappointment
16 From east of the
Urals
17 Hold on tight
18 Helper
19 “An orca is actually a dolphin?!”
22 Nil
23 Director
Anderson
24 Column with an
angle
25 Long-running
CBS drama
27 Hamster holder
29 Effort that goes
“Pfft!”
32 Components of
some fad diets
35 The “A” of
MOMA
36 Word before
boom or blues
37 “Wow, that’s a
giant sea cow!”
41 Resentful and hostile manner, informally
42 Make a quilt,
e.g.
43 Bottle units
44 “___ sells seashells by the seashore” 45 Turquoise and
topaz
47 Easily fooled
sorts
48 Schematic
50 Sully, as a
reputation
51 Country that borders three “-stans”
55 “This is the best fish I’ve ever had!”
60 Tear apart
61 See 1-Down
62 ___ rings (side
dish)
63 Chimes in
64 Gave off, as
charm
65 ___ state
66 Bobs and
weaves
67 Lecherous looks
68 Fruit tree also known as a blackthorn
DOWN
1 With 61-Across, former White House girl
2 Group of three
3 Deluge
4 Scourge
5 Goes biking
6 Areas decked with holly in a holiday song
7 Husband of Jezebel in the Bible
8 Stood up
9 Big cheese 10 It may be a
setup
11 Took
transportation
12 Left speechless,
maybe
13 What a sprinkler
may sprinkle
15 Nude
20 “Yeah, if only!”
21 Big lummox
26 Average mark
27 Captain and
company
28 Convenience in a cash-only business
30 Lift provider
31 Henna and
others
32 Quickly writes
(down)
33 [Head shake]
34 “Could go either
way”
35 Develops
wrinkles, say
36 Summons in
Gotham City
38 Application
39 Dream disrupter, perhaps
40 Chilly air
45 Panama, e.g.
46 Not hip
47 Make-ityourself dishes from bars
49 Little fellows
50 Circus
performer
52 Big zoo
attraction
53 Make up (for)
54 Abbr. before the
ZIP code 10001
55 Gown wearer,
informally
56 What a let in
tennis affords
57 Light wind?
58 Stunned state
59 Things charged
at science labs?