The New York Times Crossword

No. 0505

ACROSS

1 Strip bordering Israel and Egypt

5 Antidote

9 Up to now 14 Boatloads

15 “Now!,” in an order 16 Exuberant cry 17 Riddle-de-dee: What is it that the more you take, the more you leave behind? 19 Soup eater’s sound

20 ___ position 21 Laughfest

23 Galena and sphalerite 24 Wheel tooth

26 Place to conduct a paternity test

28 Activity on a school playground

32 Things tinier than minis 35 What’s flicked from a cigarette

36 Prime minister between Cameron and Johnson 37 Czar called “the Great” 38 Severely cut, as prices 41 American Impressionist Mary

42 Greetings 43 Classroom temp 44 Thanksgiving day: Abbr. 45 Invite on a date 46 Purveyor of drug paraphernalia 49 Dresser

51 Assenting vote 52 Swabbie’s liquor allotment, once

54 ___ of passage 56 Writing in a blue book 60 ___ ark 62 Riddle-de-dee: What asks no questions but must be answered?

64 Worker for a TV station or a mag

65 Ink cartridge color

66 “You said it!”

67 One of the Kennedy brothers, familiarly 68 Detained

69 Trees used for archery bows

DOWN

1 Fishing hook 2 Soothing ointment

3 ___ suit

4 Go on the offensive 5 Siamese or Persian 6 ___-friendly 7 Double-quick

8 Printer brand 9 “Six-pack” muscles 10 Ones performing alone 11 Riddle-de-dee: What’s light as a feather but can’t be held for long? 12 Brontë heroine 13 Nightly bugle call 18 Neatnik’s opposite 22 Where the Rays play 25 Professional poker player, e.g.

27 Don’t believe them! 28 Buckwheat porridge

29 St. Kitts and St. Vincent 30 Riddle-de-dee: What’s clean when black and dirty when white?

31 Little chap

33 Maker of Weed B Gon 34 Exercise that targets the 9-Down

39 Cast (off)

40 Word after half or happy 41 Maestro’s wave of a baton, say

43 Sleep, informally 47 Low-pitched

48 Walk with a swing of the hips and shoulders 50 Letter after gee

52 Flier in a black cloud

53 Got transported 55 Airline to Ben Gurion 57 “That’s ___ nerve!” 58 With a clean slate 59 Yearnings

61 One lurking in the shadows 63 Bring to a close