NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Supremely cool person
7 Prime Cuts dog food brand
11 Do something
14 “Game of Thrones” actress Clarke 15 Shape, as clay 16 What truth is said to be the first casualty of 17 Stop before it can grow bigger 19 Ernst & Young employee, in brief
20 Martini’s lemon twist, e.g.
21 Greek god pictured with wings and a bow
22 “Famous” cookie name 23 Most arias 25 Chicken stock, e.g.
26 British fashion designer who’s the daughter of Linda and Sir Paul
32 Something a Eur. singer might embark on
33 Foretell 34 “I haven’t a clue!”
36 Club Med and others
40 Where G.I.S go to shop
42 “Um, I guess so”
43 Very rarely
47 Bête ___ (bugaboo)
48 Feedbag fill
49 ___ Storm and the Hurricanes (Ringo’s band before the Beatles)
50 Skirt down to the ankles
52 Not the brightest bulb in the pack 56 Nelson Mandela’s org. 57 Long, straightsided smoke 60 Brooks who directed “Blazing Saddles” 61 Gathering clouds, to some 62 “I’ll have a cold one, please” … or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across 63 Lead-in to calculus
64 Acid’s opposite 65 Acquire
DOWN
1 Luxury car nickname 2 Friend in France 3 Some dance moves or stock market events 4 Landed
5 Sloth or envy, it’s said 6 Plopped down 7 “Sweet land of liberty,” in song 8 Timber wolf 9 It makes an “A” even better
10 Peculiar
11 “Pretty, pretty
please”
12 Truman who wrote “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 13 Disreputable 18 Captain’s position
22 Atelier
23 Drink that can cause brain freeze
24 Some crew team members 25 Items often used in front of mirrors
26 Hoagie
27 Literary monogram 28 Airplane capt.’s announcement 29 Mega Millions, for one
30 Meantempered mutt 31 Grow too old, as for an insurance benefit
35 Org. that monitors air quality
37 Onetime rival of MGM
38 Chinese “way” 39 Listing in Roget: Abbr.
41 Popular video game console released in
2013
43 Entrance to an interstate 44 Lunchtime tryst 45 Orbit
46 Reclined
50 Place to see a Kandinsky or Calder
51 Symbol of militarism
52 Per ___ (daily) 53 Figure that might give a child nightmares 54 Symbol of gentleness 55 Deuce topper 57 Corn throwaway 58 Easy as ___ 59 Corp. head