NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Front’s opposite
5 Some male deer
10 What gives Scotch an earthy flavor
14 Long, cylindrical instrument
15 Kind of bond in chemistry
16 “That hurts!”
17 [Get my innuendo?]
19 Beech or birch
20 When a plane is due, for short
21 Show hosts, in brief
22 “Doesn’t matter who”
24 Actress Jessica
25 Close by
26 Something a digital crossword solver doesn’t need
29 Winter hours in N.Y.C.
31 Exploding stars
35 “Relax, soldier”
37 [Get my innuendo?]
39 Moderate gait for a horse
40 “Later, dudes”
42 Response to the Little Red Hen
43 [Get my innuendo?]
45 Worked
47 Younger Obama daughter
48 “That’s all ___ wrote”
50 Takes in what someone wrote
51 Engrave
53 Dozes (off)
55 “That’s what people tell me, anyway”
58 Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition
59 Chop (off)
62 Bridal veil fabric
63 [Get my innuendo?]
66 Furniture store known for its cafeterias’ meatballs
67 Message on a candy heart
68 Classic pie crust ingredient
69 “Hey you!”
70 Painter Degas
71 Membership fees
DOWN
1 Chicken leftover
2 Be adjacent to
3 Musician’s conclusion
4 Beer barrel
5 “___ U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson hit)
6 Mess up, as hair
7 As well as 8 Beyond big
9 Big public argument
10 Baked things that might get people baked
11 Currency that replaced the mark and peseta
12 Got an A+ on
13 ___/them pronouns
18 Mideast leaders 23 Tug hard
24 Keep cool in a pool, perhaps
26 Trails
27 Open-air lobbies
28 Menial workers, dismissively
30 Strip of mowed grass
32 Egot-winning actress Davis
33 Contributed to a kitty
34 Loses traction on the road
36 Commercial lead-in to Pen
38 Take-home amount
41 Cover completely
44 “Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering”: Yoda
46 Surgeon, for short
49 Riddle
52 Something you might clear to improve memory
54 Catchall category
55 Undergarment for a dress
56 Acorn producers
57 Frosts, as a cake
59 Hawaiian banquet
60 Fairy tale baddie
61 Professors’ degs.
64 Big name in fleecy boots
65 What a good joke never gets