NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Australian avians 5 Absolutely delights 10 “I didn’t see you

there!”

15 ___ it down a notch 16 “Too rich for my

blood!”

17 Company with a

spokeslizard 18 *Classic TV show starring a cowboy puppet 20 Hazardous gas 21 Country whose stamps use glue that’s certified kosher

22 Take over

responsibilities from 24 Sailor’s song

26 Kind of card for a

phone

27 Harvard rival 30 “How you doin’?” 31 Opus ___

33 Path between

buildings 35 Doggedly pursued 39 Smooth-talking 40 *Nursery rhyme character seen in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass” 42 Proust title

character 44 Ex-spousal support 45 Designer dog that crosses a Pomeranian and terrier

47 Neutral shade 48 Flavor-boosting

additive, for short 51 A little off

52 Opal or onyx 55 “That’s what they

tell me, anyway” 58 Asinine

61 Country between Venezuela and Suriname 62 National mammal

of the United States 64 *Very convenient … or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues 66 Decorate

67 Had dinner at home 68 Sight on the back of

a jeep

69 Some TVs and

cameras

70 Sharply dressed 71 The apostrophe in

:’-(

DOWN

1 House ___ Committee 2 Chinese stir-fry with pork, eggs and mushrooms

3 Open, as a gift 4 Four-door, maybe 5 Approached furtively

6 Rock subgenre 7 Jordan’s Queen ___ 8 Fellas

9 Apple Pencil and Microsoft’s Surface Pen, for two

10 Fairy tale baddie 11 *Industrial-strength 12 Treehouse or blanket fort, perhaps

13 Umberto who wrote “Foucault’s Pendulum” 14 Hither and ___

19 So far 23 Mischief-maker 25 Gossipy meddler 28 Washroom, in

Worcester 29 London ___ (tourist attraction) 32 Pastoral poem 34 Place to get

highlights 35 *Peachy-keen 36 Prefix with potent 37 Polish before

publishing 38 Alexandre who wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo” 40 Last name of two U.S. presidents 41 Practice of males mating with one female, but not vice versa, as in bees and ants

42 Health resort 43 “Incredible!”

46 A braggart has a big

one

48 Scoundrel

49 ___ Oh, first Asian woman to host a major awards show 50 Not as sunny 53 Actor Hawke 54 Mazda sports car 56 Alternative to the

pill, briefly 57 Marriott competitor 59 Road trip

accommodations 60 Site with tech tips 62 Undergrad degs. 63 Wedding vow

65 E, in Morse code