The New York Times Crossword

No. 1212

ACROSS

1 Paper size longer than letter 6 Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabet

10 ___ melt (sandwich) 14 Start of a serial

15 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” singer/ lyricist

16 Start and end of every row

in Pascal’s triangle 17 Crotchety geezer with a

heart of gold?

20 Raggedy ___

21 In a permissive manner 22 King, queen or rook 23 Paper-___

25 City bird

26 “Home Sweet Home”

needlepoint pillow, e.g.? 31 Seal up

32 Greek god of love 33 Streetcar, to a Brit

37 Word with pressure, pocket

or pollution

38 Takes offense at

41 Rink surface

42 Capital of Azerbaijan 44 Heredity unit

45 Sorts

47 Coup d’état that’s been

judicially suspended? 50 Hotel Bible name

53 “If all ___ fails ...” 54 Decorate

55 “To your health!” toast 58 Employer of manicurists and

pedicurists

61 Where social graces were once taught ... or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

64 Like some farewells 65 Febreze target

66 Tickle

67 Hellenic H’s

68 Baseball’s Alonso or Rose 69 “Designing Women” and

“Young Sheldon” actress

DOWN

1 Sports org. that awards the

Vare Trophy

2 Bring in

3 Labor that requires brawn,

not brains

4 After-hours banking

convenience, in brief 5 Cosmetic pencil

6 Microsoft game console 7 Tape dispenser insert 8 Raggedy ___

9 ___ Kippur

10 This evening

11 Wipe from the memory,

jocularly

12 Longtime manufacturer of

Sweethearts

13 Very pale

18 Comic actor Bowen

19 Film with a huge cast 24 “The Barber and ___ Wife”

(“Sweeney Todd” song) 25 Attention-getting sound 26 Sign of healing

27 Director Kazan

28 Novelist Ken

29 Greek goddess

of peace

30 Having well-defined

muscles

34 Removes the shampoo from,

say

35 Rock band on Butt-head’s

T-shirt

36 Chicken wire pattern

39 “The Candy House” author

Jennifer

40 Yarmulke, e.g.

43 Data in password managers 46 “___ a long story”

48 Oodles

49 Mattar paneer ingredients 50 Embarrassing blunder 51 Nincompoop

52 Prima ___

55 Team

56 Muscle problem

57 Story time monster

59 The Washington ___ 60 Drinks labeled “XXX” in

comics

62 Short trip

63 Med. plan choice