The New York Times Crossword
No. 1217
ACROSS
1 Boardroom easel display 6 Spanish beach
11 Sack
14 Film character about whom Tyler Perry said “I just don’t want to be her age playing her”
15 Used a dinghy thingy 16 Part of Bennifer, once 17 _xygen _iflu_ _ide 19 On vacation
20 Third piece of a three-piece 21 1813 battle site in the War of 1812
22 _ax_ d_iv_r
28 Awesomely tough
29 Bert who played the
Cowardly Lion 30 Appearance of a comet,
maybe
31 Horse and buggy users 33 Caution in a school zone 36 R_od_ Isl_n_ Red 40 Really binges (on) 41 Express viewpoints
42 Build up
43 “Smart” boy’s
name
44 Bunch at a fruit stand 46 _ranklin D_l_no _oosevelt 51 Dirty pics
52 Fifth-century barbarians 53 Rug rat
54 _ _rr_e_
61 Spanish eye
62 Kick out
63 First lady before Michelle 64 Detectives, for short 65 Books, informally 66 Pedicurist’s board
DOWN
1 Modern food concern, for short
2 Totally cool
3 “Without further ___ …” 4 The “p” in m.p.g. 5 Divides evenly 6 Entertainer’s crew 7 Stands the test of time 8 Where Che Guevara was born: Abbr. 9 Opposite of nay 10 Billboards, e.g. 11 One-named singer who once led the Sugarcubes 12 1966 Michael Caine title role
13 Errand runner
18 Prey for barracudas 21 Mess up
22 Wild no more
23 Bean sprouts?
24 ___ McNally (mapmaker) 25 Pizzeria order
26 Load of laundry 27 “Didn’t think I’d run into you here!” 28 ___-chic (fashion style) 31 New Balance competitor 32 Browser option 33 FaceTime alternative 34 Biblical outcast
35 Much of binary code 37 Laze
38 Weapon used when saying “En garde!”
39 Land between Nigeria and Sudan
43 Without which earth is just “eh”?
44 Wilder who played Willy Wonka
45 Do some down-and-dirty fighting
46 Camera setting
47 Word derived from the Japanese for “picture writing”
48 Buicks and Bentleys 49 Ripped bit 50 Downtimes
54 ___ Highness 55 Firefighter’s tool 56 Brewpub offering, for short 57 Cooke who sang “Twistin’ the Night Away”
58 Like a pregnant woman at about 40 weeks 59 Bobby of the Boston Bruins 60 The “G” of L.G.B.T.