The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RICKY J. SIROIS

ACROSS

1 Astrology chart 7 Inner parts of

ears of corn 11 Newsstand item,

informally

14 List of items to discuss at a meeting 15 Actress TaylorJoy of “The Queen’s Gambit” 16 Female sheep 17 Any facial feature of the man in the moon, in reality 18 Ale-simmered German sausage, informally 20 Villain’s opposite 21 Actor Jannings

of silent films 23 Unstated but

understood 24 Vegetarian dish on a Mexican menu

26 Altimas and

Pathfinders 30 One who keeps order on the court?

31 Hate

32 Noggin

35 Des Moines’s

home

39 French meat stew for which Julia Child penned a popular recipe 42 “Now!,” in a

hospital 43 Women’s links

grp.

44 Turn from cream

to butter 45 Hairpiece 47 Fearsome African

flies

49 Loaf often made

with walnuts 54 Now, in Spanish 55 Toward the rising

sun

56 Fight for

breath 60 “Admittedly …,” or, when said aloud, a punny description of 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across 62 One-of-a-kind 64 Long-handled

garden tool 65 Rim

66 Fill up the gas

tank again 67 The Blues, on

scoreboards 68 Afflictions 69 Put to paper, as

music

DOWN

1 Actor Braff of

“Scrubs”

2 Fairy tale

monster

3 First word of

many a letter 4 Excited about 5 Suffix with lemon

or lime

6 Threaten to tip, as a wildly driven car

7 Woodsy home 8 Equivalent of 16

oz.

9 “See ya!”

10 “No Exit”

playwright 11 Thanks, in

Tours

12 Be in store for 13 Start annoying 19 Pub brawl 22 Song created from multiple songs

24 Sharp part of a

wire fence 25 Pakistani

language 26 Catches, as a

criminal

27 “Yeah, o-o-o-kay

…” 28 ___ butter (ingredient in many cosmetics) 29 Computer

programs 33 Energy unit 34 Colorful banded

rocks

36 Weight to carry 37 Had on 38 Raggedy ___

(classic dolls) 40 ___ Korbut, four-time Olympic gold-medal gymnast 41 Treated, as a

sprain

46 “Soon”

48 Ringed planet 49 Alternatives to

showers 50 Something

hilarious

51 Prize declined by

10-Down 52 Neutral shade 53 Some hard-tofind collectibles 56 Present

57 Color lead-in to

marine

58 Tallow source 59 One-named Brazilian soccer icon 61 Commotion 63 Keanu Reeves’s role in “The Matrix”