The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 It might give you a headache
4 Tank top 10 “Westworld” network 13 Restaurant chain with a “never-ending pasta bowl”
16 Slip
17 “You wanna fight?!” 18 Remote inserts 19 Doughnut-loving toon 20 ___ Air
21 Kind of ball that’s edible
23 Did a pantomime of 24 Ukulele accessory 25 Like many textbook publishers
26 Show letters 28 Game in which I is 1 31 Belt under the waist? 35 Some Tornado Alley residents 36 Explosion cause 37 Country music’s ___ Young Band 38 Figures in some “Twilight Zone” episodes, for short 39 9-to-5, maybe 40 [Knock, knock]
42 Has as a tenant 44 Composer of symphonic “verse” 46 “Heck, yeah!” 47 Didn’t keep quiet 48 Level
50 Talk smack to 54 Stopped debating 55 Bear in a hit 2012 film
56 Invite, as to one’s penthouse
57 ___ package 58 Wasted vacation days? 61 Show with a musical guest, for short 62 Genre for Anthrax
and Megadeth 63 An end to jargon? 64 Classic gag gift 65 See 56-Down
DOWN
1 Hot chocolaty drink 2 Simple craft 3 Confidence booster on a test
4 Its teeth are pointy 5 Hollywood title: abbr. 6 Latin rhythm 7 Unsavory fellows 8 Spot remover?
9 Bits ___ second 10 Hershey toffee treats 11 Its shell has three sides
12 Guesstimate words 14 German wheels 15 Emphatic rejection 22 Fathers’ clothes 24 “Sweet”
27 What insomnia causes to build up over time
29 Like Call of Duty: Black Ops
30 This, to Tomás
31 Breezy air 32 Spinoff Nabisco cookies
33 Wimp 34 Establishment to which customers have come for years?
41 Classic TV diner 43 Tears don’t rip it 45 Stubborn
Dr. Seuss pair 49 Clarifier in texts 51 Very furry, muscular dog 52 Elder of the sisters who visited Narnia in “The Chronicles of Narnia”
53 Said “O-D-O-U-R,” e.g. 54 Ukulele accessory 56 With 65-Across, fierce marcher
59 Post cereal made with honey
60 ___ Chang (ex-girlfriend of Harry Potter)