NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Some people have checkered ones
6 Buenos ___
11 The “me” of “Despicable Me”
14 First name in cosmetics
15 Like some online purchases 16 Alley-___ (fancy basketball shot)
17 Classic work with chapters titled “Attack by Stratagem” and “Maneuvering an Army”
19 Clear tables at a restaurant
20 Kylo ___ of
“Star Wars” 21 Emerald ___ (Ireland)
22 It’s reversed in a mirror
24 Signature Phil Collins hit ranked among VH1’S “100 Greatest Songs of the 80s” 28 Musical skill 29 Cher or Sade, voicewise
30 State generating the highest percentage of its electricity by wind
33 Drill conductor, informally
35 Wed. follower 38 Changes political affiliation
42 Egg layer
43 Cries of protest 44 Cowboy’s charge 45 Only player on more than two winning World Cup teams 46 Stage name of Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys
48 Flee to remote safety
56 Book that comes with a set of keys
57 Sign of sainthood 58 Debtor’s note 59 Oaf
60 Despondent … as progressively suggested by 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across? 64 Computing pioneer Lovelace
65 Concur 66 Scheduled to arrive
67 Director Spike or Ang
68 Big books 69 “Really?,” in textspeak
DOWN
1 ___ dish
2 Pale
3 Bit of equipment for an angioplasty 4 Spill the ___ (gossip)
5 Top Italian soccer league 6 Kind of sauce 7 Derive by logic 8 Like some data and deals 9 Emissions control grp. 10 Florence Griffith Joyner or Wilma Rudolph 11 It’s prepacked for an emergency 12 Where a slice might go 13 Victory by a Cinderella team, e.g. 18 Russian despot 23 “Ay, dios ___!” 25 Pressure, metaphorically 26 All-weather protectors 27 Olympian Korbut
30 “Sorta”
31 What the middle of 58-Across stands for 32 Victory
33 Home for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 34 Communication at Gallaudet Univ.
35 Fashion dictates that its width be the same as that of one’s lapels
36 Recipient of Grammy’s
2020 Song of the Year award for “I Can’t Breathe” 37 Euro rival, in brief
39 Toque
40 Prefix with -gram 41 Homophone of 35-Down
45 Show of love, for short?
46 One of the Spice Girls 47 Musical combos? 48 Islamic equivalent of kosher 49 Practice piano piece
50 Pond scum, typically 51 Afternoon hour 52 Abhors 53 Approvals on Facebook 54 Trompe ___ 55 Optimistic 61 “Me” problem 62 Pitching asset 63 “___ Lips Are Sealed” (Gogo’s hit)