The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Number of countries between los Estados Unidos y Colombia 5 Cantina snacks 10 First name in 1950s
comedy
14 State bird of
Minnesota
15 Olympic champion
Ohno
16 Watt or knot
17 Civil defense
measure, concisely? 19 ___ good example 20 Taken off
21 Ghostly 23 Recollection of something that just happened, concisely? 26 Revs up
28 Not fooled by
29 Place to wear
a tuxedo
30 Make an evasive
maneuver 32 Illuminated eerily,
perhaps
36 “The Raven”
monogram
37 Pair in a salsa band 40 Figure skater Midori 41 With an ___
the future 43 Campaign-supporting grp. 44 Some
45 A long stretch 48 Department store
staffers
50 Make a polite visit,
concisely? 54 Christina on Rolling Stone’s list of
“100 Greatest Singers of All Time” 55 “Great job!”
58 Fifth Avenue concern 59 “That. Was. A. Blast!,”
concisely?
62 Dry cleaner’s challenge 63 Squaresville
64 Dinar spender
65 Dark periods, in poetry 66 Defense alliance from
1954 to 1977
67 Sp. titles
DOWN
1 Count in Lemony
Snicket books
2 Tesla ___
3 Astrological creation 4 Just because
5 Tiny amount
6 4/
7 Aplomb
8 Sports standout 9 Grave
10 Aid in tidying up
the house 11 Calendario commencer 12 Musical instrument whose name means “three strings”
13 Four- time World Cup
champion
18 How a tie may
be broken, in brief 22 Whale constellation 24 ___ Shah Pahlavi,
former leader of Iran 25 Title based on the
name “Caesar” 26 Relative of a foil
27 Cavity revealer
31 Breach
33 Godsend
34 Old Roman course 35 Garage services
37 Bump in a ski run 38 Cartoonist who created Fearless Fosdick
39 Part of a spread
42 Lao- tzu and others 44 Somers or Winters 46 Southernmost active
volcano on earth 47 Tranquil
49 Silo filler, in brief
50 No longer either
hot or cool?
51 Showing amazement 52 River to the Bering Sea 53 One of the Obamas 56 Aloe ___
57 Planets and moons 60 Small songbird
61 Wall St. news