The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Kids and their

parents

6 Help with a job,

in a way 10 Wanted, but nowhere to be found 14 Nickname for Schwarzenegger or Palmer 15 Winged

chatterbox 16 Deal (with)

17 Hive minders 19 Having trouble

deciding 20 Early-season

farming task

21 C, for one 23 Video chat

disruption 24 Words before “the stars are brightly shining,” in a carol

27 Lute ___, longtime Arizona basketball coach 32 Winged hooter 33 Grind, as one’s

teeth 34 Second-mostvisited website worldwide, after Google

36 Many a Hollywood car crash

38 So as not to

stand out 39 Some South

Pacific greetings 42 “Skol!,” in

Sauternes 44 Literally, “on fire” … or, metaphorically, excellent 45 “Three coins”

fountain location 47 Lip

49 Scatter, as flower

petals

50 Drink that comes with a buzz cut? 53 Gently touch, either forward or backward 54 Staples of West

African cuisine 55 Frustrate

61 Et ___ (and

others) 63 Entranced … or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across in order? 65 Neatnik’s

opposite 66 Palindromic fashion magazine 67 Petulant

68 Line up

69 Ones calling

offsides

70 Garlic squeezer

DOWN

1 Yaks 2 Twistable snack item

3 From the top 4 First man, in Polynesian creation myth 5 Observed 6 Rock blaster 7 “Ta-ta!” 8 Prepares to get schooled, perhaps 9 Yummilicious 10 Not just sit around daydreaming 11 Just sit around

daydreaming 12 ___ Book Club 13 Yardstick

measurement 18 ___ trip 22 Swamps 25 De-weeder 26 West Coast

burger chain 27 Cries of dismay 28 “Sweet Jane”

songwriter Reed 29 Indented part of

an outline

30 ___ rima (eightline stanza) 31 Invalidate

35 Sch. affiliated with the Latterday Saints 37 Amy who wrote “The Joy Luck Club” 40 Bouncer’s

concern 41 Female hog 43 Ride roughshod

over

44 911 responder 45 QB’s six-pointer 46 In actuality

48 In and of ___ 51 Means of tagging

in a game 52 Class offered at

many Y.M.C.A.s 56 Baking meas. 57 “That’s ___

business” 58 Workhorse that’s

only part horse 59 Tattoo shop

supplies

60 Ice cream brand 62 “American Idol” airer starting in 2018

64 “___ Miz”