NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Colombian cornmeal cake 6 “Are you sure about that?” 10 Home to more than 20% of Nevadans, informally 15 Frenzied
16 City famous for its French Quarter, familiarly
17 Wear away 18 Affirmative at sea
20 Buzz up, perhaps
21 ___’easter
22 Dish of stuffed grape leaves 23 Prepared for serving, as a fancy dish 24 12 parts of a dodecagon
26 Hit BBC series of 1976
28 Arab League country
30 Name that’s found in “mesmerize” 31 Person who lives next to 28-Across 33 12 parts of a dodecagon 36 One supplying strong emotional support, metaphorically 40 Tax org.
41 Award-winning Chinese artist/ activist
44 Eggs on a sushi roll
45 “Busy” ones 47 Watch brand that’s the endall? 48 ___-o
50 “The Wizard of Oz” pooch
52 New Haven collegian
54 Bart catchphrase on “The Simpsons” 59 What Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and “Us” evoke
62 Comes to realize
63 First noble gas, alphabetically 65 Japanese for “yes”
66 ___ Haute, Ind. 67 Enlightening experiences
... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking
69 Big kitchen brand
70 ___ Hendryx, “Lady Marmalade” singer 71 Dreamworks ogre 72 Underhanded 73 Kind of citizenship
74 Uses a coaster
DOWN
1 Big kitchen brand
2 Lustrous semisynthetic fabric
3 Activity tracked by the Nest or mysunpower app
4 Part of an Insta feed
5 Milieu with tenure tracks
6 Like many flights to JFK and LAX: Abbr. “Same here”
7 8
___ crest
(place for a backpacker’s hip belt)
9 Shade akin to camel
10 Fine writing paper
11 Kindle or Nook 12 Mob figure portrayed by Travolta in 2018 13 “I bid you ___” 14 Dispatches 19 Prepare to be painted, say
23 Out of fashion 25 Spearheaded 27 Wiggle room 29 One attending a parenting class, maybe
31 Bro or sis
32 “___ we having fun yet?”
34 Barely passing grade
35 Band’s engagement 37 Sign at a takeout counter
38 Fish oil source 39 It jingles on a janitor’s ring 42 Tiny specks 43 Do-nothing state
46 Was given first billing
49 Lungful
51 Bad-tempered and combative 53 Perched upon 54 Cher and Sade, vocally
55 “Come on, seriously?!” 56 Magna ___ 57 Louisiana waterway 58 Locale for gladiators 60 Propelled a galley
61 They’re balanced against possible rewards
64 Figure in fundraising
67 Break off
68 Hart Memorial Trophy awarder, in brief