The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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 (fivestar 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 35Down 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 4WD ride 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