The New York Times Crossword

No. 1211

ACROSS

1 Incline for a wheelchair 5 Charley horse, e.g.

10 Partners of dits, in Morse

code

14 Gem whose name comes from “upala,” the Sanskrit word for “precious stone” 15 Japanese bread crumbs 16 This is a test!

17 Union of two major

companies

19 Item in a computer folder 20 Altered, as an article

21 “Time to hit the road!” 23 Foldable bed

24 Wampanoag chief of the 1600s also known as King Philip

25 Small amount, as of hair

cream

27 Big commotion

29 Some cameras, for short 30 Son of Zeus and Hera 32 Crystal ball, e.g.

34 On the ocean

38 Temperature measurer for

turkeys and roasts

42 Yemen’s capital

43 Like the steak in steak tartare 44 “The Persistence of Memory”

painter

45 Restaurant chain known for

its flapjacks

48 Beer dispenser at a frat party 50 Acid

51 Ticking item that helps

musicians keep time 55 Consumed

57 Sweet liqueur often put in

coffee

58 Goodyear airships

61 “___ this just lovely?” 62 “I’m back!” … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38- and 51- Across 64 Olympic sled 65 Small plateaus 66 Sicilian volcano 67 Leak slowly 68 Official order 69 Harvest

DOWN

1 Home to the Colosseum 2 Mimicked

3 One of five for which Jack

traded the family cow 4 Philosopher who studied

under Socrates

5 Zoomed

6 Score to shoot for

7 One might be acute or obtuse 8 Clay targets to be shot,

informally

9 Human

10 Thawed, as food before

cooking

11 Proposition assumed to be

true

12 Berry who played Storm in

“X-Men”

13 Refine, as ore 18 Self-referential 22 “Beat it!”

24 Additional

25 River blockers

26 Side x side, for a square 28 *Facepalm*

31 Unit in a flight between

stories

33 “I’m c-c-cold!”

35 Standstill, in chess

36 Fish that are often prepared kabayaki-style

37 Desertlike

39 Chevrolet S.U.V.

40 ___ or break

41 Have debts

46 Not late

47 Like many plants in urban

gardening

49 Fancy party

51 Sends, as a postcard 52 Follow

53 Slight color

54 Soccer’s Lionel ___ 56 Mascot for Princeton — or

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes 58 Word in most Academy Award

titles

59 ___ colada

60 Suddenly lose self-control 63 ___ and cheese