NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 President George or George W.
5 Egypt’s capital 10 “Casablanca”
pianist
13 Start the poker pot 14 Catkin-producing
tree
15 What an oenologist
is an expert on 16 Anger, in the comics 18 ___ and crafts 19 Broadcast time 20 Ill-tempered 22 Harper who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” 23 Scores in baseball 25 Bit of sunshine 26 Refrain syllables in
“Deck the Halls” 27 Burden too heavily 32 Honda model with
a palindromic name 35 Uttered
36 Just sitting around 37 Letter after phi, chi
and psi
38 Channel for Erin Burnett and Don Lemon
39 Make catty remarks
from the side 40 Trig, calc, etc. 41 Lose color
42 Voice above
baritone
43 Love, jealousy and
anger
45 Classic distress call 46 Setting for TV’s
“Cheers” 47 German car once owned by General Motors 49 Intervening space 52 Peas and peanuts,
for two
56 Perfect example 58 Presidential office
shape 59 Nervousness, in the
comics
61 Arm or leg 62 Country singer
Steve
63 Norway’s capital 64 Ginger ___ 65 White-plumed
wader
66 Many souvenir
shirts
DOWN
1 ___ metabolism (energy expended at rest)
2 Remove a knot from
3 Mall unit
4 Group of buffalo 5 Prickly plant 6 Basketball great Iverson
7 Wedding words 8 Extend one’s tour of duty
9 Arranged alphabetically, e.g. 10 In answer to the request “Talk dirty to me,” she sometimes says “The carpet needs vacuuming” 11 Pantry-raiding bugs 12 See-through
material
15 Odor, in the comics 17 Percussion instrument made from a gourd 21 Droopy part of a
basset hound 24 No-goodnik
26 Idea, in the comics 28 Trellis-climbing
plant
29 Chief Norse god 30 Big name in dog
food
31 Cousin of an elk 32 Easy ___, easy go 33 Mosque leader 34 Presidential bill
killer
35 Read the U.P.C. of 39 Calm and
impassive 41 Observe through a
crystal ball, say 44 “Take me as ___” 45 Group of seven 48 Portrait painter
Rembrandt ___ 49 Bird in a gaggle 50 Enough
51 Money in Mexico 52 Name spelled out in
a Kinks hit
53 Like Satan 54 Minecraft or
Fortnite
55 Pirate’s
plunder
57 Gait slower than a
gallop
60 Blunder