The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Simba’s mate in
23- Down
5 Snoozefest
9 Not fully open
13 First mate?
14 “Runnin’” college team 15 “Call me the greatest!” 16 56- Across, roughly
translated
18 Where to have your
hair done
19 Song that opens and closes 23- Down and whose title is literally described in this puzzle’s center 21 Fully
24 West Coast air hub,
for short
25 Bastille Day season 26 “Can’t be”
27 “Put a tiger in your tank”
gas brand
30 Greek group that’s
not in Greece
32 Tries to lose some
pounds
34 Actress Fanning 36 Seasoning that can lead
to high blood pressure 39 Misfortunes
40 Show again
41 One who’s looking 42 Only continent larger
than Africa
43 Radio band options 44 Repeated “Survivor”
setting
45 Globes
47 QB tackle
49 Slip-___ ( shoes) 50 Dominate
52 Dug in, in a way 54 Enthusiastic
56 Song from 23- Down 60 Getting long in the tooth 61 23- Down setting 65 Gentrification raises
them
66 Spill the beans 67 The “E” in HOMES 68 Best Picture winner based on events of 1979- 1980 69 College that awarded the first Ph. D. in the U. S.
70 23- Down villain
DOWN
1 One of the Bobbseys, in
children’s literature
2 Big fuss
3 Martial ___
4 1998 BP purchase 5 Pack animals
6 Suffix with hypn
7 List quickly, with “off” 8 Valuable Scrabble tiles 9 ___ Sea ( almost
dried- up body) 10 Director of 23- Down
on Broadway 11 Overhead
12 Fleming at the Met 15 Supports
17 Bar mitzvahs and
the like 20 Job seeker’s success 21 Neighbor of Nepal 22 Tough as ___
23 Disney movie released
in June 1994
28 Appear to be
29 Five Norwegian kings 31 Not at the dock, say 33 Russian Revolution
target
35 Bean type
37 British singer Lewis with the 2008 # 1 album “Spirit”
38 It’s worthless
40 Dreaded one?
44 Need for doing toe loops 46 Forehead covering 48 Baby rocker
50 2015 Tony winner
Kelli ___
51 Bet
53 Evacuate
55 Long- eared lagomorphs 57 “Do ___ others as ...” 58 Word after Bay or gray 59 Part of a cash register 62 Tolkien monster
63 Org. behind the
Bay of Pigs invasion 64 Lead- in to plop