The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Purges (of) 5 Teensy bit 8 Largest of the
Greek islands 13 Give off, as light 14 Tilling tool
15 “Be quiet!” 17 South African horn that produces only one note
19 Whole
20 Zoned (out) 21 Having a thermal exhaust port lead straight to the reactor of your Death Star, e.g. 23 California’s ___
Fernando Valley 24 Musical symbol resembling an ampersand 26 Victory of all
victories 28 Repetitive cry of
encouragement 32 Word before or
after spa 33 List-ending
abbr.
34 Cheadle of the
Avengers films 35 The “E” of 27Down, for short
37 Air pollution
portmanteau 40 Mythical river of
the underworld 43 Small but important machine part 45 Inquisitive to a
fault
47 Rock’s ___
Leppard 48 Reeeeeeeeally long celebratory cry 53 Harrison Ford’s
“Star Wars” role 54 Shock
55 Football stat:
Abbr.
56 Salsas, e.g. … or
salsa moves 58 Puts in office 62 Kevin ___, former “Weekend Update” anchor on “S.N.L.” 64 International event where 17-, 28- and 48-Across can be heard 66 Requiring rare
knowledge 67 Yellowfin tuna 68 Rowlands of
“Gloria” 69 Some eye sores 70 Big name in
S.U.V.s
71 What was all
about Eve?
DOWN
1 Races, as an
engine
2 “My turn!” 3 Goddesslike pop
or opera star
4 It means “plaster” in Italian 5 Particulars,
slangily 6 N.Y.C.-based pioneer in instant messaging
7 Like many sign
language users 8 Pennypincher 9 Go crazy 10 Superlative
suffix 11 “Unacceptable!” 12 Train service to
33 countries 16 ___ alla vodka 18 Alternative to
Venmo
22 Author
Harper ___ 25 Latte art medium 27 Co. honchos 28 Sappho’s “___ to
Aphrodite”
29 Far from strict 30 Something to maintain during a conversation 31 Grassy plain in
South America 36 Sounds from babies and pigeons
38 Places to find lions, tigers and bears 39 Requiring rare
knowledge
41 Vote in favor 42 Athletic org. with
a 2020 reboot 44 Exclamation of
approval
46 “___ regret
that!”
48 Accra’s country 49 Old westerns,
informally
50 QB protection
squads
51 Alley ___ 52 Feeling anxious 57 Branded freebies
at an event 59 Included on an
email, briefly 60 Ditty
61 Wingtipto-wingtip measurement 63 “___ it on me!” 65 Unit of
resistance