The New York Times Crossword
1 Pit-of-the-stomach feeling 5 Fastidious to a fault
9 Wedding walkways
14 Literary heroine Jane 15 Entertainment district in
London’s West End
16 Watts of “Mulholland Drive” 17 Seat on a ship
19 Robust brew
20 Get through to
21 Pool of money
23 Start to scream or shout? 26 Sing like Tom Waits
28 Phrased
32 “The missing link”
34 Word with raising or splitting 36 Commercial lead-in to Clean 37 Domesticated
38 Fit of wild emotion
40 Natalie Wood’s role in 1961’s
“West Side Story” 41 Foundation
42 Capitol Hill staffers
43 Bet the family farm, so to
speak
45 Instrument found in a post
office or grocery
46 Reddit Q&A
47 Major provider of scholarships,
in brief
48 Look through a window, say 49 Like bananas and banana
slugs
51 Orangish-brown gem 53 Otolaryngologist, familiarly 54 Make fun of
56 Error’s counterpart 58 Components of a rosary 61 More often than not
66 More than enough
67 We: Fr.
68 Big Ten school
69 Holiday dependent on the
lunisolar calendar 70 [Ignore that edit] 71 Train tracks
DOWN
1 With 2-Down, money-saving
flight option, often
2 See 1-Down
3 Certain line segment 4 Hockey feint
5 Receptacle near a firepit 6 ___ Ark
7 Offering on a sushi menu 8 Mayor Lightfoot of Chicago 9 Yet to come
10 Mythological being with a
horse’s tail
11 Facilities in England
12 Prey for a dingo 13 Command that might precede “Shake!”
18 One might have the disclaimer “Professional driver on closed course.
Do not attempt.” 22 Dipsticks
23 Erode
24 “Stop! I’ve heard quite
enough!”
25 Formative 27 Science that deals with the phenomenon spelled out by 10 missing letters in this puzzle
29 “Is it worth the risk?”
30 Do great at
31 ___ collar (iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg neckwear at the Smithsonian)
33 Part of a coconut that
can be shredded 35 Clarification words for a speller 38 “Freeze!”
39 Along with lentils, one of the
two main ingredients in idli 41 Exposed, as a cover
44 One giving a wake-up call 45 Hyundai Sonata, for one 48 Certain ecclesiastic
50 Punch bowl go-with
52 Quibble
55 Some antique collectibles 57 Princess whose brother
is not a prince
58 Meadow call
59 Ambulance letters 60 Well-suited
62 “Kidding!”
63 Father of une princesse 64 Saddler’s tool
65 ___ Américas