The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Floating ice chunk 5 House of mirrors at a carnival, for one

9 Takes a load off 14 Skunk’s defense 15 Leon who wrote

“Exodus”

16 Super17 “___ upon a time

…”

18 Loud, prolonged

noises

19 ___ badge (award

for a scout) 20 Stick your tongue

out, say

22 Use an e-cigarette 23 Kind of exam at school or the dentist’s

24 Like old-fashioned railroad crossing signs

27 Tinder or Hinge 29 Beer ingredient 32 ___ trick (hockey

feat)

33 College in Cedar

Rapids, Iowa 34 Move onto a new topic of conversation, metaphorically 39 Campus quarters 41 Beverage that comes in green and black varieties

42 Jacket fastener that’s not a button

43 Pass to a different owner, as a business

48 Aunt: Sp. 49 Electric ___ 50 Princess who says “Into the garbage chute, flyboy” 51 Traveler’s

stopover

52 Best Rap Performance and Best Instrumental Composition, for two

56 “Get outta here!” 58 Hershey’s candy with a caramel center 59 Epitome of precision … or a description of 20-, 34- and 43-Across? 64 “You can’t make

me!”

66 Capital of Italia 67 Yoke-wearing

animals 68 Enclose, as on a

farm 69 ___-friendly 70 One-dimensional

drawing 71 Upright

72 Put a patch on,

say

73 Winter forecast,

often

DOWN

1 Sound of an

explosion

2 ___ Mode of “The

Incredibles”

3 Pink Floyd’s “The

Wall,” for one 4 Actress Garson of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”

5 Landslide of wet

sediment

6 Diva’s delivery 7 97.5% of a penny 8 County in England

or New Jersey 9 Pirate’s bottleful 10 Gives a lift 11 Wristwatch

component 12 Balderdash 13 Having had

enough food 21 Sounds from a

sauna 25 “Quiet!”

26 Witch

27 “Back in Black”

band 28 “Hunny”-loving A.

A. Milne character 30 Bitter part of an

orange

31 Thieve

35 Bit of Christmas

candy

36 Venom

neutralizer, e.g. 37 Spring forecast,

often

38 Bridge

40 Memory device like “How I wish I could calculate pi,” e.g.

44 Jewel

45 Ron of “Tarzan”

fame

46 Throw out

47 Bag

52 Complaint

53 Crew team

member

54 Flying solo 55 Rugby formation 57 Army no-shows 60 Finish last, say 61 A rainbow may be seen as a good one

62 Nevada’s “Biggest Little City in the World” 63 Understood 65 Maker of an

explosion