NY Times Puzzle No. 0914
ACROSS
Insect that builds 1 a paper nest Takes a breather 5
Fig. of total
10 economic output Mayberry boy of
13 1960s TV
Make legal
14
Logs, for a fire
15 Riddled (with)
16 Lamented
17 Princess of Wales Sin often
18 associated with green Major-league
19 team from the Motor City
Frozen H2O
22 Female deer
23
Not quite right
24 Start of a tennis
27 rally
“Hold your
29 horses!”
Variety
32
Prefix often
34 associated with green
“You there!”
35 Ballot for 36 candidates of more than one party
One that gives a
40 hoot?
Humor
42
Container at a 43 beer bash Number of
44 minutes on hold before getting a customer representative Greek I’s 47
Two-___ sword 51 Precollege exam 52 Genetic material 54 Comes out ahead 55 in either case … as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36and 44-Across? Sources of much
60 spam
Helper in conning
62
Nuptial exchange 63 At no cost 64
Stage before 65 metamorphosis Gambling mecca
66 north of Carson City
Gave a meal to
67 Helpers 68
Genesis garden 69
DOWN
“People are
1 saying …”
Each
2
Kitchen gizmo
3 for flour
Equal
4
SiriusXM medium 5
Best of the best
6
Part of a window 7 blind
Morrison who
8 wrote “Beloved” Gala giveaways
9
Item with cross 10 hairs
Home of Carson
11 City: Abbr. Two-___ toilet
12 paper
Physicist Enrico
15 after whom element #100 is named Three-time Pro
20 Bowler ___ Beckham Jr.
Dine
21 “Nevertheless, 25 ___ persisted” Porker’s quarters
26 Big shot, for 28 short
Italian for “seven”
29 French for “here” 30 Tick-___
31 33 Green-fleshed fruit
36 How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion “Tiny” Dickens
37 boy
Singer Urban 38 39 A narcissist has a big one
Be in debt
40
Lump of chewing
41 gum
What good movie
45 trailers do Gridiron scores,
46 for short
Sent to another
48 team
“Can I get a
49 volunteer? Somebody …?” Jeans brand
50 popular in the 1980s
Do, as a
52 crossword
Book of maps
53
Mallorca, e.g.
56 Bangkok native
57 Something “in
58 the hand” that’s “worth two in the bush”
Something an
59 informant might wear
Very close pal,
60 informally
Mine cart
61 contents
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