The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Diving birds 7 “That’ll ___ you” 11 Lousy
14 Nay 15 Frozen yogurt flavor 16 Diamond stat 17 Jane Goodall, at times? 19 English novelist McEwan 20 “Now, where ___ we?” 21 Arborist’s interest 22 Aesthetic sense 24 Nabokov novel 26 Corn farmer at harvest time? 28 Sharp, as a photo 31 Remove via a coup, say 32 Role for George Clooney, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale 33 “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the ___” (quote attributed to Katharine Hepburn) 34 Trade jabs (with) 38 Woman in a garden 39 Beverage with a phonetic hint to 17-, 26-, 51- and 63-Across 42 The city in 2002’s “City of God”
43 Garr of “Young Frankenstein” 45 Abbr. on a photocopier tray 46 Cat or goat breed 48 Honey-loving bear 50 Name of selfidentification, as “Deutsche” for “Germans” 51 Lumberjacks in unsafe working conditions? 55 Declaration in a swearing-in ceremony 56 Mecca resident 57 Make muddy, as water 59 Figure (out) 62 “Ewww!” 63 Caterer’s coffee dispenser? 66 Broke a fast 67 Fulfill, as expectations 68 Jalopy 69 Refusals 70 Lushes 71 Passover meals
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1 Irk, with “at” 2 Part of a pulley 3 Final words of many a fairy tale 4 Reason to draw a doodle, maybe 5 Hot time in Paris 6 Shakers or Quakers 7 Late jazz pianist Chick
8 Call to have food delivered 9 Match, in poker 10 High-calorie bakery offerings 11 Invigorating, as a walk
12 Ease 13 Certain train car 18 Rock groups 23 Word with liberal or language 25 Fruit from a palm 27 Capital near Glacier Bay National Park 28 “Ri-i-i-ight!” 29 Where parishioners sit 30 Use a snake on, say 33 N.Y.C.’s ___ Drive 35 “I now ___ you …”
36 Like an atrium 37 Proceed here and there 40 Kind of cable 41 “Nay” sayer 44 ___ Touch 47 Gift from above 49 Strong aversions 50 “In your dreams!” 51 Like pandas, yaks and snow leopards 52 Hobbyist’s knife 53 They might be put up during a fight 54 Ancestry 58 Prince’s “___ Go Crazy” 60 Castor or Pollux 61 Some I.R.S. data, in brief
64 Old car that’s a homophone of another answer in this puzzle 65 Fight (for)