The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Mind-set 5 Shells you can eat 10 Spoiled
13 With 70-Across, dramatic opening of 62-Across’s Fifth
14 A computer hacker usually uses this
15 It’s next to nada 16 Like boardinghouse rooms, again and again
18 Like all of the 62-Across works in this puzzle 20 Some garden
machinery
22 It’s a laugh 23 Jewish month of
30 days
27 ___ limits
(political issue) 30 Ricky Martin, e.g.
[Third]
35 Big seller of
camping gear 36 About
37 Pivot
38 Abbr. after Brooklyn or Cleveland 39 Exercise before a trip to Latin America, say [Sixth]
44 “___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” (hymn) 45 Quaking cause 46 Pelvic bones 47 When sung three times, a soccer anthem
48 Event before a college football game [Ninth] 52 ___ ball
54 Walk stylishly 55 Is down with 57 Like many retired academics 62 Composer whose works are hidden in 30-, 39- and 48-Across 67 Only part of Egypt located in Asia
68 Potential starts of new generations 69 Broadcasting 70 See 13-Across 71 Marked incorrect 72 Trifle
73 Schlep
DOWN
1 Supervisors: Abbr. 2 Curved molding 3 Randy look 4 Released air from, as a balloon 5 Quarterback, often 6 Prince ___ Khan 7 Kind of card 8 Choose 9 Pale-faced 10 Historic Boston locale
11 What every infinitive in Esperanto ends with
12 Grumpy co
worker
17 Class struggle? 19 Not at home … or caught at home 21 Part of the Greek spelling of “Aristotle” 24 Paris hangouts 25 Vocal opponent of 2001’s Patriot Act, for short 26 Like violin
strings
28 The price you
pay 29 Lose
30 Detroit pro player 31 Disentangle, in a way
32 David Lynch’s first featurelength film 33 Last name in
“Star Wars” 34 Prefix with
cortex 40 Possibilities 41 Brief moments 42 It’s a laugh 43 Coastal feature 49 Literary master
of irony 50 Skedaddle 51 Stock at a saloon 53 Trimmable part 56 Get the goods 58 It may precede a
breakup 59 Lowdown 60 Loser to Wilson
in 1912
61 Person carrying a briefcase, maybe
62 Pricey seating
area 63 December 24,
e.g.
64 It’s next to
nothing
65 Part of 62-Across’s name 66 64-Down, to
62-Across