The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 ___ San Lucas
(Baja resort city)
5 Chew the fat
8 Maze runner in
an experiment 14 Brewery products 15 Pitcher’s stat
16 “Uncle!”
17 Five-time NBA championship-winning coach with the Lakers and the Heat
19 Cable channel with many science shows, familiarly 20 “Ready, ___, fire!” 21 Ballad, e.g.
23 Circus enclosure 24 Garfield, to Jon Arbuckle 27 Notable statistic for
Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates 29 Opening number? 30 Prosciutto, e.g. 32 Physicians, for short 33 Obtain
34 Mountain overlooking Tokyo
37 Casino floor VIP 40 Make tiny criticisms 43 Ruler of old Russia 44 Broadcast
45 ___ tai (cocktail) 46 Bygone monthly for the 12-to-20 set 50 “The A-Team” actor with a mohawk 51 Road hazards that need filling
54 “Be patient!”
56 “Your turn,” on a walkie-talkie 57 Appear to be 59 Surface of a sty 60 Peeved
62 Dessert loaf 66 Cheap cigar, slangily 67 CBS forensics franchise 68 Midwife’s delivery 69 Sailor
70 “I know what you’re thinking” feeling, for short
71 First word in a fairy tale
DOWN
1 Salary limit
2 ___ carte
3 Software trial runs 4 Duel overseer in “Hamlet”
5 Do stuff? 6 Warlike Greek god 7 Musket attachment 8 Width’s counterpart 9 Santa ___ winds 10 Proceeding from low to high 11 America’s largest firearm manufacturer 12 Secret ___
(007, for one) 13 Egyptian god usually pictured with the head of an ibis 18 Apple computer 22 Neighbor of Homer on “The Simpsons”
No. 0107 24 “___ and Circumstance” 25 Break off a relationship 26 Yanks (on)
28 Drift, as an aroma 31 Hi-___ screen 35 Singer with the 1961 hit “Big Bad John” 36 Comforting words 38 Place to shower and brush one’s teeth 39 Cookie with creme in the middle 40 Never, in Nuremberg 41 Tehran’s land 42 Eartha who sang “C’est Si Bon” 44 Perfect attendance spoiler 47 Yankees legend
___ Howard 48 Originally named 49 Egyptian pyramid, e.g. 51 John, Paul and John Paul 52 Undeveloped seed 53 Four: prefix 55 High-performance engine 58 Dishevel, as the hair 61 Work ___ sweat 63 Extra 15% or so for a waiter
64 Simple as ___ 65 Henna, for one