The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EMMA CRAVEN-MATTHEWS

ACROSS

1 “Hell ___ no fury …”

5 Shout from Scrooge 8 Capital of 71-Across 14 Suffix with switch

15 Life is short and this is long, per Hippocrates 16 Places to sweat it out?

17 Painter Chagall 18 *Restaurant chain known for its coffee and doughnuts 20 Classic fund

raising event 22 1950s

presidential inits. 23 Writer/illustrator

Silverstein 24 Premium theater

spot

28 Nobelist William

Butler ___

32 Spy grp.

33 Word often following “bestcase” or “worstcase”

36 Nobody special 40 Arizona tribe 41 Pepsi and Coke 43 ___ the Terrible 44 Conundrum 46 Estrange 48 Chick’s mother 49 Corporate

shuffle, for short 50 Early challenge overcome by Joe Biden

54 Actress Rae of

“Insecure” 57 Container for a

caterer 58 Some brandy

fruits 62 *Pancake

topping 66 Seized property,

for short 68 Makes flush

(with)

69 Greek “H” 70 Weather often associated with Vancouver 71 Place associated with the answers to the starred clues 72 Professor’s deg. 73 Village People hit with a spelled-out title

DOWN

1 ___ and haw 2 Saudis, e.g. 3 Bar mitzvah text 4 *Leafs-watching time, maybe 5 Cave dwellers 6 “Salome” solo 7 Web designer’s code

8 Bear, in un zoológico

9 Road goo 10 Pharaoh known as a “boy king,” informally 11 Battery terminal

12 “A Fish Called ___” 13 Plus on the balance sheet 19 Lang. in which “peace” is “shalom” 21 Home of the ancient philosopher Zeno 25 Representative Alexandria ___-Cortez 26 Mark, as a ballot 27 *Important step

after erring 29 Esoteric 30 Spanish uncle 31 Word before

system or power 33 ___-crab soup 34 Opposite of pro 35 Commercial

prefix with Pen 37 Eggs in a lab 38 D.C. player, formerly a Montreal Expo 39 Toronto-to

Montreal dir. 42 Pint at a pub 45 ___ Gala (big

event in fashion) 47 Guitarist Clapton 50 Poison ___ 51 Gaily sung

syllables 52 Remove, as a

brooch

53 Unit of sunshine 55 Cook, as mussels 56 Savory jelly 59 Elite sort of school, for short

60 The “R” of R.B.G. 61 Apple tablet 63 N.Y. airport with many flights to Toronto Pearson

64 Cease

65 Govt. agency for

retirees

67 “Cat ___ Hot

Tin Roof”