The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Converted into fuel, as coal 6 Former gridiron org. for the Memphis Maniax and Orlando Rage
9 Maximally
15 Superheroes’ specialties 17 “For richer, for ___ …” (vow
words)
18 *Four-time heavyweight champ nicknamed “The Real Deal”
19 Download without paying, say 20 Role in “The Matrix”
21 Prefix with skeleton
22 Like “aurum” for gold and
“ferrum” for iron
23 *Gift that comes with a
hitch?
29 Lose it
31 Holes in shoes
32 Paid to play: Var.
34 Narrow estuary
35 Thanos, to the Avengers 38 *Place that honors those
who’ve served
43 Twisty curve
44 Laugh like a Stooge 45 Japan’s oldest religion
46 ___ Pilate
50 Corporate raider Carl 51 *Producer of a lot of suits? 55 Cary of “The Princess Bride” 56 “I, ___” (Langston Hughes
poem)
57 Humanities subj.
60 “Cut that out!”
62 Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years … and a hint to the answers to the starred clues
65 Mistakes 66 Epithet for Jesus in some
church names
67 Like many returning spring
breakers
68 Relatives of “ums”
69 Take a soak
DOWN
1 Sammy with four Oscars 2 Instrument heard in “I Got
You, Babe”
3 Units on an electric bill 4 Ron of Tarzan on 1960s TV 5 “What’s the ___?” 6 Mandarin “thank you”
7 Tax evasion, e.g. 8 Inspiration for the Beatles’
“Day Tripper”
9 Venmo, e.g.
10 Where you’re actually going when you “see a man about a horse”
11 Quagmire
12 Speechify
13 Take effect
14 Reznor of rock’s Nine Inch
Nails
16 Knotted (up)
24 Relative of a foil
25 Road sign animal
26 Start of an idea 27 Ballet move
28 Paper units
29 Collapsed, with “in”
30 About half of all binary code 33 Taylor who sang “Tell It to My
Heart”
35 Last task before sending to
36 “Solemn” words
37 Musk who co-founded PayPal 39 Trail mix ingredients
40 Goes on a run
41 Home to the Cedar Point
amusement park
42 “___ Suave” (1991 hit) 46 It’s found beneath the crust 47 Like some job training 48 Series of bookings across
America
49 Combs
51 Under siege
52 Super
53 ___ to secrecy
54 Goblins, in folklore
58 Lye, in chemistry class 59 Move in a spiral
61 Skosh
62 Female caribou
63 Most popular U.S. dog breed,
familiarly
64 Actress Mendes