NY Times Puzzle No. 0824
ACROSS
State of irritability
1 Oaf
5
Undercoat of an
9 oil painting Cabernet, e.g.
14 Opening stake
15 “Oh, no, not ___!”
16 Stress between
17 you and your former lover? Carried
19
“In excelsis ___”
20 One of a pair of
21 Old Testament books with female names Place for a
23 baseball team’s insignia
Canada’s Prince
24 ___ Island
Thing your former
26 lover said about you?
Straight up on a
29 compass
The Beatles’
32
“___ Leaving Home”
Historian’s
33 concern
“QB VII” author
36 Leon
Halved
38
Former lover’s
41 text, e.g.?
What alumni do
44 on important anniversaries Write with a
45 chisel on stone Cold summer
46 treats
Something Santa
47 makes (and checks twice) Aptitude
49
Former lovers’
51 stances in photos? Absolutely
54 everything
See 27-Down
58 Juneau’s home
59
Singer Grande,
62 informally
Busy, as a
63 restroom
Current lover
66 who seems suspiciously preoccupied? Chef’s item for
68 preparing apples
Panache
69
Author unknown,
70 for short Arrogant look
71 Things janitors
72 keep on rings Wagers
73
DOWN
Neighbor of a
1 Norwegian
Vetoed
2
Dragging behind
3 Prop for a golf
4 ball
Percussion
5 instrument in a marching band Hop ___ (get to
6 work)
Texter’s
7 transition
Actress Zellweger
8 Gift of ___
9
Latin “I”
10
Like “Yeah, that’ll
11 ever happen” Mideast’s ___
12 Peninsula
End of a lunch
13 hour, maybe Emperor just
18 before the Year of the Four Emperors
Prescriptions, for short
22 25 Villain in Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” With 58-Across,
27 1980s fad that “sprouted” Soup legumes
28 Factual
30 Clues
31 The “p” of b.p.s.
33 34 It can chop a tree down … and then chop a tree up
Threedimensional
35 art Ailing
37
Tale of ___
39 Come-___
40 (enticements) Target of a
42 cleanup Fraidy-cats
43 Throat soother
48 Money to tide
50 you over
Long stories
51
Arc lamp gas
52 Aerodynamic
53 Augusta’s home
55 “Believe It ___!”
56 Yield and Right
57 Turn Only, e.g. Connector of a
60 pair of wheels Fix, as a dog
61 “Get it?”
64 Go wrong
65 Smidgen
67
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