The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 “Nova” airer
4 Like a rumpled bed
10 ___ tha Kyd (big name in rap, once)
13 Lead-in to correct
15 Pothead
16 Road goo
17 Lager or I.P.A.?
19 “Well, what have we here?!”
20 James Bond genre, informally
21 Like a brooding teen, maybe
22 Lose after being way ahead, as a lead
23 Hot fudge or caramel sauce?
27 “I goofed … who cares!”
29 “Eww, you could have kept that to yourself”
30 The “E” of Q.E.D.
31 [I can hear you, you know]
34 Kind of daisy
38 Lion-colored
39 Neat or on the rocks?
41 Gen ___
42 Part of a wintry mix
44 Salinger heroine
45 Feud (with)
46 Step between “ready” and “fire”
48 “Thanks, but no thanks”
50 Jägermeister or Fireball?
55 Keep ___ on (look after)
56 Chow down on, in modern slang 57 Perfumery scents
60 Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
61 Chicken broth or beef bouillon?
64 Whichever
65 Common text in A.P. Latin
66 “Star Wars” pilot who, despite his name, flies with a co-pilot
67 “Geez!”
68 TV comic with a “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” segment
69 Collar
DOWN
1 Homes, in slang
2 Emanation from Barney Gumble on “The Simpsons”
3 Attends to one’s mental health, say
4 L.A. school
5 Last in a series
6 Participated in a stock exchange?
7 “Dragon Ball Z” genre of TV and film
8 Boil down
9 Before, to poets
10 Some Russian vodka, informally
11 Web company that styles its name with an exclamation point
12 ___ one’s sorrows
14 Disconcerted
18 Scrabble piece
22 Vitamin that could also be a bingo call
24 Desktop debut of 1998
25 Titter
26 “Nothing’s broken”
27 Hardens
28 Like a contract that’s said to be “not worth the paper it’s written on” 32 Short albums, for short
33 Do an impression of
35 Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g.
36 Votes for
37 Makes a boo-boo
39 “No kidding?”
40 Druid, e.g.
43 Begrudgingly accepts, as a loss
45 Whales and water fountains produce them
47 Tutor’s charge
49 Like wet noodles
50 Power source for early engines
51 ___-Barbera (onetime cartoon company)
52 Women’s health doc
53 Bonkers
54 Figure at a roast
58 Kind of nut with caffeine
59 Elitist
61 Cooke who was known as the “King of Soul”
62 Wine aperitif
63 Some serious hosp. cases