The New York Times Crossword
No. 1125
ACROSS
1 University of New Mexico mascot
5 Jocular sort
8 “Uncle!”
13 ___ Drago (“Rocky IV” villain)
14 Sardonic
15 Polar ___ (weather phenomenon)
16 Prince, e.g.
18 Publicly ordain
19 ___ Kemper, player of TV’s Kimmy Schmidt
20 Choice on “Let’s Make a Deal”
21 Latch ___
23 Extravagant but superficial display
25 Stamp on an envelope [and 16-Across flipped]
27 HBO alternative
29 Prefix with thermal
30 Parts of accordions
31 It takes a glider up to launch altitude
34 Southwest city on the Salt River
37 It’s parallel to a radius
38 Jumbled
40 Every’s partner
42 Indian state along the Himalayas
44 Basic kind of shoe [and 31-Across flipped]
46 Arboretum specimen
48 Condition often causing repetitive behavior, in brief
49 Holiday ___
50 Golf reservation
53 Helpful
55 Villain defeated by Puss in Boots
56 Voting group
58 Sounds heard here and there in a nursery rhyme
61 Halloween hue
63 Herbal drink full of antioxidants [and 50-Across flipped]
65 Inferior
66 Turner who launched CNN
67 Whole passel
68 Bethlehem ___ (old company)
69 Some E.R. cases
70 Loretta with the #1 country hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
DOWN
1 Shade of green
2 Like the head of 2 a tennis racket
3 Concerns for Cinderella and her stepsisters
4 Buck ___, first
African-American coach in Major League Baseball
5 TV’s ___ Raw
6 Desert, e.g.
7 It’s a wrap
8 Naturally occurring example of “opposites attract”?
9 Group at a wedding
10 1986 celebrity autobiography
11 20-ounce Starbucks order
12 Sing the praises of 15 Juggling or ventriloquism
17 Actress Katherine of “27 Dresses”
21 Acorn producer
24 Part of a squad
26 Traditional ingredient in a manhattan
27 Disco ___ (“The Simpsons” character)
28 Greeting south of the border 32 Signed, sealed or delivered
33 Cousin of intuition
35 One way to wait
36 H.S. class
39 Wasn’t upright, say
41 One in a coop
43 Cable news anchor Melber
45 “Fall in love” or “fall to pieces”
47 Coral reef dweller
50 Hammers and sickles
51 Wading bird
52 Wipe, as a hard drive
54 Eldest von Trapp daughter in “The Sound of Music”
57 German chancellor ___ von Bismarck
59 Sharp
60 Like cut logs 60
62 Hairstyling stuff
64 N.F.L. stat: Abbr.