The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Channel for “Mad Money” 5 Hoarse voice
9 Eponymous prize awarded by the Mystery Writers of America
14 Lyft competitor
15 Ireland, to the Irish 16 Frontline health care
professional
17 Computer input
18 *Colorful cereal with the
mascot Toucan Sam
20 Omani currency
22 King: Fr.
23 Successor of Nintendo’s
GameCube
24 *”Uh-oh, ___!” (classic line
in commercials)
28 Catering container 29 Contents of a farmyard stack 30 Sound represented by an
upside-down “e”
31 Capture on cassette
33 Star of Disney’s “Once Upon
a Snowman”
35 ___-state area (N.Y., N.J. and
Conn., e.g.)
36 Coop resident
37 Nutritionist’s recommendation … or what the answers to the starred clues make up, to an overly literal person?
43 Big part of a basset hound 44 Korean automaker
45 Memo starter
46 Radio button that’s handy on
a road trip
48 Food strainer
50 24 horas
51 New ___ smell
52 *Bulk purchase of Gouda,
e.g.
55 Climbing vine 56 Weeding tool
57 Wildly bright, as a color 58 *“Ice Cream of the Future”
since 1988
62 Something to make when
tossing a coin into a fountain 65 Singer and AIDS charity
founder ___ John
66 Genesis backdrop
67 With 41-Down, Buffalo’s body
of water
68 Corporate shake-up, for short 69 Sales pitch display, informally 70 Slender
DOWN
1 Twice-chewed food
2 Sports org. for Bill Russell 3 Backstabber’s forte
4 Former late-night host
Ferguson
5 Shiny bicycle attachment 6 Broadcast
7 Sold-out theater inits. 8 Illinois city that’s a symbol of
Middle America
9 Signed up
10 Bert and Ernie, for one 11 “Quit being so immature!” 12 Shoot for the stars
13 Sticky secretion 19 Excessively 21 Sounds during a dental exam 24 Exhibit
25 Drained of color
26 Drive-___ window
27 Ho Ho alternative
32 “___ will always love you”
(Whitney Houston lyric) 34 Target of a medicated dog
collar
36 “Goodness me, absolutely
not!’
38 Major Texas industry
39 Goes pffft
40 Refusing to accept reality 41 See 67-Across
42 Color akin to turquoise 46 ___ Row (London street
known for its tailors) 47 Modern lead-in to currency 48 Like some watermelons or
brackets
49 Subject of many baa-a-ad
puns?
51 Orchard beverage
53 Babe
54 Wolf sounds
59 ___ favor (Spanish “please”) 60 Praiseful poem
61 President pro ___
63 Bit of Winter Olympics
equipment
64 Folded edge