NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Easter starter? 4 Element of an English Opening in chess
8 Hayek who portrayed Frida Kahlo
13 “___ got a feeling …” 14 George who wrote “Romola”
16 “See ya!” 17 Gathering of protesters 19 Models used in copying
20 What might have bumps on a log? 21 DVR pioneer
23 The last pope Julius 24 Makes the rounds 26 Large, flightless birds
29 Sort who’s easy to tick off
31 King at the start of “Game of Thrones” 32 Influential ties 33 Grassy expanses 36 Backing 37 Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle
40 Cry at la Copa Mundial
41 The other side 42 Forensic inits. 45 Sections of a barn 48 Tried casually, with “in”
51 Chilly
54 Fresh start,
metaphorically 55 “You got it!” 56 Draped garment 58 ___ mater
59 Work as an
interpreter
62 Size option at
Starbucks
65 Sister ___ Prejean, author of the 1993 best seller “Dead Man Walking” 66 Makes less difficult 67 Top, for instance,
but not bottom 68 Onetime Ford
executive
69 Cry of
accomplishment 70 It’s stored in a vein
DOWN
1 Nada
2 Good thing to give someone while standing 3 Comebacks 4 Chicken king? 5 Chicken ___ king 6 What leftover salad greens do in the refrigerator
7 “I swear!”
8 Took the bench, say 9 Lime chaser? 10 Capped
11 More petulant, in a way
12 World Cup datum 15 “I really appreciate it!,” in textspeak
18 For one
22 For us
24 X
25 Pinch in
the kitchen
27 Idle
28 Slightly 30 Camper’s
protection 34 Camper’s detritus 35 Molt
37 Lazily lie
38 “It was ___ dream” 39 Big Sur runner
beginning in 2020 40 Euphemism for a
lesbian couple 42 Hybrid beverage in a Bloody Caesar cocktail
43 One in 100 44 Points to, in a way 45 Cutter with a curve 46 Saw the sights 47 You might check their crossings: Abbr.
49 Good name for a
firefighter? 50 Something dingy? 52 Piece of an
overhanging roof 53 Stomach-dropping
feeling
57 “___ doing ...” 60 Former name
signifier
61 Show with “featured players,” in brief
63 X
64 Body part affected
by heterochromia