The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Upper-left keyboard button 4 Hinders, as one’s style 10 Federal loan agcy.
13 Aloe vera product 14 Entertain lavishly
15 #1
16 Kitchen gadget brand 17 Spotted wild cat 18 Screenplay abbr. indicating
“outside”
19 Start of an optimistic quote
by 57-Across
22 Kind of diagram that the
Mastercard logo resembles 23 School grps. without
students
24 “He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped ___ once”: Steve Jobs on Bill Gates 26 Snow day toys
28 Strike from the Bible? 29 Part 2 of the quote 34 “Smooches!”
35 Part 3 of the quote 41 Knockoff
42 Virtual holiday greeting 44 Cranberry farms
45 N.B.A. team with a gorilla
mascot, strangely enough 49 Kuwaiti ruler
50 Shoot the breeze
51 “Spiffy!”
53 Big name in the freezer aisle 54 End of the quote
57 First puzzle editor of The
New York Times
61 Like a thumbs-down vote 62 Anklebones 63 With 66-Across, fizzy drink 64 Lasers read them from the inside out 65 Proofreader’s “Actually, don’t delete this”
66 See 63-Across
DOWN
1 Lead-in to mania
2 Risqué costume for a
holiday party
3 George of “Hail, Caesar!” 4 Foam clog
5 Make a long story short? 6 Bond is a special one 7 Island nation south of Sicily 8 Schemes
9 Rogen of “Superbad” and
“This Is the End”
10 Artist’s shortcut
11 Airborne toy with no tail 12 Like Usain Bolt’s last name 20 Edit menu option
21 Poetic foot with a short and
long syllable
22 Letters on a bottle of brandy 25 ___ Moines, Iowa 27 Blacken, as a reputation 28 Almost too smooth 30 Caviar
31 Sports bar array
32 ___ Speedwagon 33 Popeye’s Olive
35 “Mind. Blown.”
36 School where students learn
to spell?
37 Ones with access
38 It makes a “clink” in a drink 39 Make it well known that you know someone well-known well
40 Many a city street layout 41 Popular sammie
43 Like some humor and
martinis
45 Word after booty or
Bermuda
46 Remove from office 47 Parent company of Lean
Cuisine
48 Considered it right (to)
51 60 minuti
52 Ode title starter
55 Movie f/x
56 B&O and Short Line: Abbr. 57 & 58 Words before cheese 59 Kerfuffle
60 Bust a rhyme