Las Vegas Review-Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Taradiddle

4 Russian country house

9 Swiss bread

14 Nail

15 Out and ___

16 Out now, in a way

17 “___

Crossroads” (Bone Thugs-nharmony hit that got a Grammy) 18 They’re swaddled and coddled

20 Regain, as affection

22 Like games decided by buzzer beaters 23 Contests

25 City stray

29 One of a pair that often goes missing

30 Run out of Time?

32 Spot for an icicle

33 Birds with S-shaped necks 35 Male actor with the most Primetime Emmys (7)

36 Org. for drivers 38 & 39 Classic sports video game … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle 41 Something to take on a date? 42 Retired pugilist Ali

44 Gave a bit of lip?

46 Folklore fiend 47 14 pounds, in England

49 All alternativ­e 52 Stamp collector?

54 Not forget 56 Devout

57 Some measures championed by the March for Our Lives movement 58 Co-founder of the women’s rights newspaper The Revolution

63 Still making cartoons?

64 Bad way to run 65 Supercharg­e 66 Divisions of a krone

67 “___ thank me later”

68 Tour of duty 69 Country that uses the krone: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Mufti’s decrees 2 All-time singleseas­on hits leader in M.L.B. history (262) 3 Seats that sink 4 Counterpar­t of “Bitte”

5 Tony Shalhoub’s character on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 6 Lower?

7 Where some car logos appear

8 Lagoon encirclers 9 Beliebers or the Beyhive, for instance

10 Some Outback entrees

11 Shapiro of

“All Things Considered” 12 Michelle Obama ___ Robinson 13 Stack on a rack, maybe

19 Part

21 Garden item that can be brined, informally 24 Annoying roommate, maybe

26 Eggs Benedict component 27 State

28 Word with paper or limit 31 Actress de Armas of “Knives Out” 34 Subj. in biochemist­ry 35 Qty.

36 When repeated, start of an old antacid slogan 37 Very enthusiast­ic

39 Georgia senator Ossoff

40 Violinist Leopold

43 Electric guitar pioneer 44 Random criticism

45 Words immediatel­y after Casca cries “Speak, hands, for me!” 47 Any day now 48 Tough pills to swallow, at times

50 Bread

51 Eve of “The Vagina Monologues” 53 Bumperto-bumper activity?

55 Origin of water clock technology

58 For instance

59 Space oddity

60 Not worth a ___ 61 Nail polish brand

62 “Sister of God”

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