The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 “No need to say it again” 6 Group of criminals 10 Father on a stud farm 14 Tennis star Osaka 15 Cookie whose packaging shows a splash of milk 16 What might give “caws” for concern for a farmer? 17 “Cómo ___?” (“How are you?”: Sp.) 18 Droplet of happiness or sadness 19 Assistant 20 Things modern travelers pack 23 Woodman’s makeup in “The Wizard of Oz” 24 Auto tankful 25 Dickens’s Oliver Twist or Kipling’s Mowgli 28 In the year of ___ Lord 29 Decrease in size, as the moon 31 NNW’s opposite 32 Forms of some kids’ multivitamins 36 Direction after adding sugar 37 Stockpile 38 ___-tac-toe 39 Road Work ___ (highway sign) 40 Ice hockey venue 41 Breakfast side at a diner43 “___, humbug!” 44 Exam 45 One who cries “Yer out!” 46 Ice hockey player 48 Ironically humorous 49 Score 100% on 52 Government-backed investments 56 B sharp or B flat 58 The Cowboys’ five-pointed star or the Colts’ horseshoe 59 Listings on an actor’s IMDb page 60 Melee 61 Idiot 62 Cognizant (of) 63 Camera’s “eye” 64 Ocular swelling 65 Items on a to-do list
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1 Like a butterfingers 2 Healthful Kellogg’s cereal brand 3 Off, palindromically 4 “Toe” of the Arabian Peninsula 5 Smart alecks 6 High schoolers who dress in black, maybe 7 Calculation in calculus 8 In the neighborhood 9 Mythological monsters with snakes for hair 10 Steep embankment 11 Traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish 12 Support for a shower curtain 13 Farm animal that sounds like a letter of the alphabet 21 Low-___ diet 22 “Able was I ___ I saw Elba” 26 Like Russia, east of the Urals 27 Jocks’ counterparts, stereotypically 28 Southern Siberian city 29 Dress part that may be taken in 30 St. Louis landmark 32 Clothes 33 Inuit boat 34 Whiskey cocktail … or where it was invented 35 When planes are due in, for short 36 Engage in some “retail therapy” 39 Kid with military parents 41 Some angels …or some newspapers 42 Hide in a hard-to-find spot 44 Prop fora football kickoff 47 Three-point shots, informally 48 Jotted down 49 Star student’s report card, maybe 50 Worker for a Supreme Court justice 51 Twisty curves 53 Chimney buildup 54 Pretty ___ (oxymoron) 55 Hawkeye State 56 Org. that’s home to the ends of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52Across 57 Mineral-bearing rock