NEWYORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wristwatch part 6 Rock band with a 1980 album that went 25x platinum 10 “That’s amazing!” 13 Crumbles away 15 Place

16 “That’s amazing!” 17 They put in long hours to get better hours 19 Emmy-winning actress Aduba 20 Strong base 21 What’s theorized to have preceded the Big Bang

22 Puts off, in a way 24 Down-hearted softies? 27 Slimeball

28 Showy wraps 30 Telephone when all lit up?

34 Word seen above a mug shot

36 What polar opposites have in common 37 Graceful leap

38 It may lead up to a letdown

39 When some people break for lunch 41 ___-fresh

42 Red slips of paper? 43 ___ Bengal (five-star hotel in Kolkata) 44 Endure punishment 46 Founder of the Sikh religion

49 Actress Laura 50 What’s uttered by a mime

51 Potshots 53 Sprinkle (with) 56 Second-busiest airport in the U.S. 57 ___ ears 60 Houseware brand that’s easy to read in a mirror

61 Keeps going despite fatigue …or a hint to three features of this puzzle 65 Military missions, informally 66 Wedding wear 67 Laugh riot 68 Opposition

69 Spot

70 They may be given in relief

DOWN

1 Promote

2 It’s used to carry out an order

3 Gear for the bench 4 Fracas

5 Look over

6 Oscar winner Mahershala

7 Corp. leader in charge of 35-Down 8 Not-so-great depression

9 John of “Being John Malkovich” 10 Enthusiastic reply to “Wanna try?” 11 Go slowly

12 “___ with me?” 14 Many a 4Wdride 18 Name on both “The Simpsons” and “South Park” 23 They cause rolling of the eyes, not rolling in the aisles 24 Woos outside one’s

league, so to speak 25 Misleading malware 26 It brings the heat 28 Place to catch

shrimp

29 Not accidental 31 Aid in catching

shrimp

32 Had a home

cooked meal 33 Observance once known as Quadragesima (Latin for “fortieth”) 34 Harrison, e.g., but

not Ford

35 Figures, e.g.

40 Gets darker, in a

way

45 Ones arranging

spots

47 Gall

48 Approximate weight of a liter of water

52 Green splats, on Rotten Tomatoes

53 [And … it’s gone!] 54 Fair

55 Bemoans

57 Format of a digital

pic

58 Its name is said to mean “people of the mountains” 59 Where squatters

may be seen 62 Defeat just barely 63 Word that becomes its own synonym if you change its first letter to “WI”

64 3-D test