The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Lines at the cinema?

7 Trim, as text

11 What a winner takes, it’s said 14 ___ Prize (satirical scientific

award since 1991) 16 Seaweed around sushi 17 Oolong, e.g.

18 Mix at a mixer, say

21 Annual video game

competition, for short 22 Event first televised in 1953,

with “the”

23 Finishes

24 S.U.V. alternative

26 Hoppy brew

27 Gobbled up

29 Texter’s “Can you believe

it?!”

30 Metaphor for lies, in a Walter

Scott poem

35 Pinnacle

37 Took without asking

38 One day ___ time

39 & 43 Historical period found in each set of circled letters

45 Long, long time

46 Add up to

49 Bearded beasts

50 Fit perfectly

53 The first “O” of O.O.O.

54 Fled

55 Cube root of 1,000 56 Intel-gathering mission 59 Opening with leaks? 62 Feature of a deerstalker 64 Baton Rouge sch. 65 Surviving, but just barely 69 A braggart has a big one 70 Opposite of “for here” 71 Humble response to “How do

you do it?” 72 “Unbelievable!”

73 Site of a fabled gift horse 74 Snags

DOWN

1 Coins that are 1.35 mm

thick

2 “Go ahead, tell me the

answer”

3 Latin phrase before a year 4 Yule ___ (Christmas

confection)

5 Like kiwis and plum

tomatoes, by shape 6 Astonished

exclamations 7 Competition participant 8 Homer Simpson’s

signature cries

9 Vexation

10 The first “O” of O-O-O 11 Gazillions

12 NSFW, probably

13 Young chaps 15 Aboveboard

19 Many California wines 20 ___ Richards a.k.a. Mr.

Fantastic

25 “Couldn’t have said it any

better”

27 Partner 28 “Smells Like ___ Spirit”

(Nirvana song)

31 Divine Father

32 Needed further explanation 33 Shakespearean words to a

traitor

34 Howls at the moon 35 Terrific, in slang

36 With 52-Down, 39-Across

leader from 1949 to 1976 40 Singer James

41 In the near future

42 Greek vowel

44 Feverish symptom

47 “Good going!” 48 Suspicious (of)

51 Class with angles, for short 52 See 36-Down

53 Batman or Harry Potter, e.g. 57 Tributary of the Missouri

River

58 Unclothed figures

59 “I’m glad that’s over!” 60 Jafar’s parrot in “Aladdin” 61 Have memorized 62 Breakfast brand

63 Green dispensers

66 Cousin ___ (“The Addams

Family” character) 67 Neither’s partner

68 Basis for some vaccines