The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 “Money, Money,
Money” group 5 Toughs … or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter
10 Slightly open 14 Thick slice
15 Old but back in
fashion 16 Agricultural giant founded in Hawaii in 1851 17 Atmosphere 18 Font akin to
Helvetica 19 “What time?” 20 Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11and 29-Down 23 First half of a
Senate vote 24 “Oh, bleah!” 25 Indent key 27 Exclamation upon reaching a customer service representative, maybe 31 Measurement for passes and rushes: Abbr. 34 It’s 99.9%
“empty space” 36 “___ you are you! That is truer than true!”: Dr. Seuss
37 Rapper fronting the heavy metal band Body Count 38 Late-night host
O’Brien
40 Profs’ helpers 41 Silly 42 Where chess is believed to have originated 43 Qty.
44 Curving billiards
shot
45 Car company that shares its name with an inventor 46 Longtime CBS
police drama 47 Flicked, as a
cigarette
48 In a risky
situation 51 Nicholas I or II 54 They have ears,
it’s said 55 Intimidates 59 Had in one’s
hands 60 Blacksmith’s
block
61 Place to cook a
turkey 62 Behind, in
England
63 Part of an act 64 Reviled Roman
emperor 65 Deserving a D 66 “Able was I ___
…”
67 Picked a card
DOWN
1 “Get on it!” 2 Sad
3 M.L.B. recordholder for most career home runs 4 Humiliate 5 Kind of visa for just passing through an airport
6 Greek goddess
of marriage 7 Gas or elec. 8 Tennis’s
Steffi
9 How best to hit a ball for a home run 10 Coke vs. Pepsi,
e.g.
11 Singer profiled in the biopic “Walk the Line” 12 Smart ___ 13 Philosopher
Descartes
21 Big doofus
22 “I disagree” 25 Understood 26 Make reparations 28 “Impossible!” 29 N.B.A. commissioner starting in 2014 30 Trailing all others 32 Tightly packed 33 Horse for a
knight 35 Alternative to
in-store
37 “I’ll be right with
you”
39 Tandoor bread 41 Apple desktop 49 Contraction starting a Christmas poem 50 Archipelago part 51 Bloke
52 It doesn’t mean a
thing
53 In addition 56 Lead-in to “the
hill” or “the top” 57 “What ___ you
thinking?” 58 Reason for a
school day off