The New York Times Crossword
No. 1226
ACROSS
1 Fella
4 Digits carried in long division 8 Lightens up?
13 A, as in Avignon
14 Baby’s first word, maybe 15 Lacking pigment
16 Frequent object of doting
attention
18 Stunk
19 Gift for a budding architect,
maybe
20 ___ of the Union 21 Shocking fish in the Amazon 22 Dental concern
24 “Here’s a short summary,” in
internet lingo
27 What Santa doesn’t get
much of on Christmas Eve 29 UPS competitor
30 Alto or soprano
31 Union of Hollywood
performers, for short 33 Begin, as an adventure 35 Govt. prosecutors
38 Material for an interior
renovation
40 Quash
41 Best-case scenarios 43 Blouse or tee
45 Fashion designer Kamali 46 “That’s my ___!” (“I’m up!”) 48 Of the kidneys
52 Health resorts
53 Attired like Batman or
Superman
55 Hand (out)
56 Extinct birds of Mauritius 58 Words that start a game of
tag
60 Volcanic peak ruled by Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings” 62 Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares
63 “I’ll wait to hear from you” 64 ___ Stanley Gardner, creator
of Perry Mason
65 Gerund suffix
66 Soft leather
67 ___-do-well
68 General on a Chinese menu
DOWN
1 Some military brass?
2 Pull off a spool 3 Long-eared hound
4 3:1 or 5:2, e.g. 5 Unadorned
6 Readied for publication 7 Disconsolate
8 “Not guilty,” e.g.
9 Partner in crime
10 Have a crush on, cutesily 11 Suffix with benz
12 Turf
15 Showily bohemian 17 Middles of Mr. Potato Head
faces
20 Actress Hayek
23 Destroys, as a dog might a
stuffed animal
25 Pest control brand 26 Tear up
28 Lakshmi who wrote the memoir “Love, Loss, and What We Ate”
30 Bravery
32 “Despicable Me” protagonist 34 Classic sandwich order, in
brief
35 Puts on
36 Each
37 Sit on, as a seesaw
39 Some recreation ctrs. 42 Over-the-hill lament 44 Three-time Cy Young winner
Martinez
47 Long-eared pal of Pooh 49 “You can’t leave this way”
sign
50 U.F.O. crew
51 “Move it, already!”
53 Arrive
54 Arthur Conan ___
57 Part of a mosque, typically 59 Transportation company headquartered in San Francisco
60 Hosts, for short
61 Letter after sigma
62 What’s rolled to get from Free Parking to Go to Jail, in Monopoly