The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ERIC BORNSTEIN

ACROSS

1 “That ___ a close one!” 4 “Fingers crossed!” 9 Numbers for sports analysts 14 Everyone

15 A physicist or a fashion designer might work with one 16 Hall-of-Famer Banks a.k.a. “Mr. Cub”

17 ___ sauce (sushi condiment)

18 One reading

secret messages 20 Edible casing in a

stir-fry

22 Singer Carly ___

Jepsen

23 Narrow cut 24 Vends

26 Goddess who lent her name to the capital of Greece 28 Professional joke

teller

32 Half-___ (java

order)

33 Karl who co-wrote a manifesto 34 Home that may

be made of logs 38 Pleasant smell 41 Collectible

animation frame 42 Swiss Army ___ 43 Point of

connection 44 Revise, as text 46 Org. that might ask you to remove your shoes

47 Health professional who has your back? 51 Quick races 54 Title woman in songs by the Beatles and the Spinners 55 Brainstorming

output

56 ___ Vegas 59 “Amen to that!” 62 Apt command to an 18-, 28- or 47-Across 65 Actress

Mendes

66 Hilo hello 67 Home made of

hides 68 1980s gaming

console, in brief 69 Mortise’s

counterpart 70 Department store that once had a noted catalog

71 Like deserts and some humor

DOWN

1 The “murder hornet” is one 2 ___ vera (cream ingredient) 3 Quite cunning 4 “Brrr!” 5 Ruffian 6 Peculiar 7 Person equal to you

8 Idris of TV’s “Luther” 9 “Believe me now?”

10 Item rolled to the curb for a pickup 11 Joint below the knee 12 Cross-promotion 13 Sealy competitor 19 500 sheets of

paper

21 Farm enclosure 25 Orthodontic

device

27 Target of a camper’s scalpto-toe inspection 28 Digitize, in a way 29 Set to zero, as a

scale

30 Words to live by 31 Yellow flowers in the primrose family 35 Conclusion a diehard might stay for

36 “Should that be

the case …” 37 Close by 39 Hombre-to-be,

perhaps

40 Tennis great

Arthur

45 Fitness coach 48 Gran Canaria or Mallorca, por ejemplo

49 Wise sayings 50 Nicotine source,

informally

51 Try to unearth 52 One-named singer of 2011’s “Someone Like You”

53 New Jersey’s ___

Hall University 57 Headings in a

playbill 58 ___-Ball 60 Penultimate word in many fairy tales

61 “No sweat!” 63 Went on, as

errands

64 Hoppy beer

choice, briefly