The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Holy service 5 Hustle 9 “Hallelujah!” singers 14 Humorist Bombeck

15 Half a soft drink? 16 Hurried past 17 Harsh rule, metaphorically 19 Host

20 Honored

21 Hones, as a blade 22 Hobbyist’s purchase 24 Hummer’s interior?

25 “… has come ___ surprise” 27 “Have you ___ wool?”

28 Have a gander 29 Honda Civic competitor from Kia

33 Heavy D’s genre 34 Hybrid genre of country and 33-Across, pejoratively 35 Handle letters 36 Hammer sound 39 Herd at Yellowstone 40 Heehawing animal 41 Home to Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett 42 High-tech gaming tournament, briefly 43 Hagiography subjects: Abbr. 44 Hercule Poirot, e.g., for short 45 Hopping mad sort 47 “Hamilton” cast member Phillipa 48 Holler when the game is deadlocked 49 “Holy cow!” 52 Herr, here

53 Hard to believe, as

a tale

54 Hardy’s “before” 55 “Hurrah!” at a

stadium

56 Hard to believe 59 “Harvey” star

James

62 Heat center of the

2000s 63 Hypocrite’s perch,

perhaps 66 Health problem now largely eradicated in the U.S.

67 “Here’s an ___ …” 68 Hacks, say 69 Hall-of-Fame QB

Bart 70 Hollywood’s

Amanda

71 Hang on to

DOWN

1 “Hasn’t impressed

me much” 2 “Happy Days ___

Here Again” 3 Haughty

intellectual

4 Hang on to

5 Hatch plans 6 Having a rough

texture

7 Huge issue for

some teens 8 Helter-skelter

scrambles 9 Hoodless pullovers often worn with other layers

10 Hog part 11 Historically 12 “Hah!”

13 Hard drinks similar to bourbons

18 Haute couture

name

22 Home to more than 20 million Pakistanis 23 How loose strings

might end up 26 Having been

sloshed out 30 “Hell, yes!” 31 High-priced perfume ingredient

32 H.S. student’s test result, on a scale of1to5 36 Homemaker from

Mayberry

37 Help

38 Hobby shop purchase with a large wood or plastic base 46 Helmet wearer’s potential embarrassment 49 “How Deep Is Your Love” singer Barry, Maurice or Robin

50 Huffy response to

a threat 51 “Hooray!”

56 Hip dressers 57 Having gone to an extra period, for short

58 “House” actress

Ward 60 Household

detergent brand 61 Huge gem,

slangily

64 Hotel room

option: Abbr. 65 Helpful skill for

guessers?