The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AMANDA CHUNG AND KARL NI 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 *Industrialstrength 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