The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Part of a
doorframe 5 Goat’s bleat 8 Catch, as fly balls 12 Ingredient in
some topical gels 13 Furniture item
often facing a TV 15 Writer Ephron 16 Top
17 The blahs, more
formally 18 October
birthstone 19 *Children’s book whose title character says “If I can fool a bug, I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs”
22 Dead even 23 Holds on to 26 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” (Beatles lyric)
27 ___ Rizzo, main role in “Midnight Cowboy” 31 Genie’s locale 32 It has fuzzy
skin
34 French word in some bistro names
35 Greek goddess of
discord
36 “___ you asked
…”
37 Game often played with a random number generator 38 ___-advised 39 Late actor Ed 40 Small interval for grouping data, to a coder 41 Baseball rival of
BOS
42 Takes classes at 44 Sushi topper 45 Say that you’re
going, say 47 Bygone jet, for
short 48 Unwanted discovery in a refrigerator 50 Accumulate 52 Radish lookalike 54 Yard sale caveat 55 Whom you might contact after a computer crash 59 Eight, in Italian 60 Persistent little
sibling, maybe 61 Title winner 62 Hijab, e.g. 63 National Endowment for the ___ 64 Unsupported
assertion
65 Big name in
petrol
DOWN
1 The “one” in a
one-two
2 Actor Baldwin 3 Dance in a pit 4 Downloads in the
testing phase 5 Muslims, e.g., but
not Hindus 6 *Chain known for
its soft pretzels 7 Bit of décor? 8 Layered buildup
in the Arctic 9 Wish
10 Part of U.A.E. 11 ___ pal
13 Housing in the big
house
14 Rushed, old-style 20 Monogram of the “Treasure Island” author 21 California’s
Big ___ 23 Fashion’s Calvin 24 One who’s up at
dawn 25 *Prominent left-leaning political action committee 28 Literary trio found in the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues 29 “Affliction” for those close to graduation 30 Globe coverer 32 H.S. exam 33 Word with immunity or mentality 42 “The Simpsons”
storekeeper 43 ___’wester (hat) 46 Pieces of threepieces
49 Teed off
50 One of the
Smurfs
51 Insta uploads 52 Care for cars? 53 Sport with
mallets
56 “___ Carter V” (2018 Lil Wayne album)
57 Part of L.G.B.T. 58 Hesitant
syllables