The New York Times Crossword

No. 0803

ACROSS 1 Kit ___ bar

4 Complimentary

10 Put an edge on

14 Biblical suffix with do or go 15 Dealership offering

16 Start of a carol title 17 Soldier’s food packet, for

short

18 Occasion that people are

dyeing to celebrate? 19 “How ___ Your Mother” 20 Venmo’s parent company 22 Caregivers’ org.

23 Funders of many campaign

ads, in brief

24 Presses into service 26 T-Mobile acquisition of

2020

28 Land in “Game of Thrones” 32 Sizzling

33 ___ bowl (fruity treat) 34 Harold who directed

“Groundhog Day” 36 Soon-to-be alumni: Abbr. 39 What you might do after some financial trading … or in this puzzle?

43 Out ___ limb

44 Violin bow application 45 Cry just before the guest of honor arrives at a surprise party

46 A pun is said to be the

lowest form of this 47 Ground transportation hub 50 Key of Bach’s “The Art of

Fugue”

53 Feature of some dresses 54 Follower of Navy or

presidential

55 Private eye, in old lingo 57 Recorded 61 Website designer’s code 62 Moonstruck

64 Milliner’s creation

65 Run ___ light 66 One-pointer in horseshoes 67 Old TV star with the

catchphrase “I pity the fool” 68 Low-carb kind of diet 69 No-good cars

70 Scrape (out)

DOWN

1 Dole’s 1996 running mate 2 Gillette razor brand

3 “… or so ___ say”

4 Musical that was the highest-grossing movie in 1978

5 Less contrived

6 Body parts sometimes

compared to steel

7 “Ciao”

8 “10 ___ or less” (grocery

sign)

9 Attendants at a heavenly

throne

10 1980 Devo hit

11 Villain in the book of Esther 12 Build

13 Times Square sign for B’way

fans 21 Deposit

25 Clears up a jumble

27 Santa ___, Calif.

28 Texas Ranger Hall of Fame

locale

29 Fiscal subj.

30 Singer Bareilles

31 Hindi “master”

35 They help with course

selection

36 Problem on a vinyl record 37 Mulligan, to a golfer 38 Proofreader’s directive 40 Sportscaster Andrews 41 Cultivate a garden plot, in a

way

42 Butler in a romance

46 “You betcha”

48 Unkempt person

49 Informal eateries

50 Raison ___

51 Playwright David 52 Oscar-winning Zellweger 54 Frequent quotation

attribution: Abbr.

56 Happy as a ___ 58 Melodramatic cry

59 Place to walk a dog 60 Suffix with bachelor 63 Singer/musician with the

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