The New York Times Crossword
No. 0406
ACROSS
1 *Leave briefly
6 Follow
10 Colorful freshwater fish 15 Midwest hub
16 Mystical character
17 Celeb with a good friend
named Gayle
18 World leader born Vladimir
Ilyich Ulyanov
19 Hankering
20 Subdued hue
21 Seriously vex
22 *Final say
24 Aromatherapy provider,
perhaps
25 How best to determine
consent
27 Coral-based ecosystems 28 Went the distance
31 Pioneer in color TV
32 Start of all Washington, D.C.,
ZIP codes
35 Contingent of like-minded
voters
37 Nation on the Gulf of Oman 39 Like some Quad Cities
residents
41 *All for one
45 Louvre Pyramid architect 46 Witty Mort
47 Mulligan
48 ___ Wee Reese 49 Fund-raising group for the
G.O.P.
52 Didn’t fail
54 Subs
56 Bit of body ink
57 TV screen type, for short 60 *Flies frequently
64 She released “30” in ’21 66 Broadcast again 67 Farming prefix
68 Word with wave and pool 69 “___ luck!”
70 Political commentator Joy 71 Arctic people
72 Get-go
73 Monopoly holding 74 Punctuation mark missing in “Let’s eat people!” (at least one would hope!) … as well as from the starred clues
DOWN
1 Animals that become different animals when their first letter is changed to an “M”
2 Oodles
3 Fruit often served in ball form 4 “Brava!” elicitor
5 Busybodies
6 Underhanded tactics
7 Not manually operated 8 Bring on
9 Longtime news anchor Jim 10 “Seeing the other side of the
matter …”
11 Blunted blades
12 Cereal “for kids”
13 Musical form heard in some
Bollywood films 14 [Don’t forget about me!] 23 Fleeting moment
26 Move about
29 Doxycycline target
30 Some playground attendants 32 Wonderland twin
33 Pixie stick?
34 Not conned by
35 Minor anomaly
36 Shiny fabric
38 Spring’s opposite
40 Brutish sort
42 No-good, backstabbing
scoundrel
43 “How bizarre”
44 Disney’s Queen of Arendelle 50 Pedagogic org.
51 Unfounded rumor 53 Unchanging
54 State capital in the so-called
“Treasure Valley”
55 “Me and Bobby ___” (posthumous #1 hit for Janis Joplin)
58 Something staked 59 Difference symbol, in math 60 Singer/songwriter Guthrie 61 Blindingly bright
62 D.C. nine
63 Buffalo’s county
65 Pet in the town of Bedrock