The New York Times
ACROSS
1 iPhone downloads 5 Breakfast, lunch and dinner
10 The “A” in A&E 14 Stumble
15 Lit, as a lantern 16 Season to be full of cheer 17 Gaucho’s weapon 18 *Sinister genius in a series of Sax Rohmer novels 20 With, en français 21 Luau garland 22 Los Angeles hoopster 23 *Quick-tempered, gun-toting, rabbit-hating toon 27 “You betcha!” 28 Taxis 29 Illuminated sign in a studio 31 Exchange of negative commercials 34 Choose 35 “Stupid is as stupid ___” (line from “Forrest Gump”) 38 *Dudley Do-Right’s enemy in old TV cartoons
42 You can usually see right through it 43 Electric ___ 44 Brought about 45 Cyberbusiness, briefly 47 “Right away!” 49 Owns
51 *Chief pirate in Neverland
56 Part of an old Apple commercial tagline
58 1600 Pennsylvania ___ (D.C. address) 59 Letter in a Viking inscription 60 Archetypically villainous features possessed by the answers to the starred clues 63 James with a jazzy voice
64 Foes of elves, in Tolkien 65 Tennis star ___ Osaka
66 Lots and lots 67 Track or swimming competition 68 Typical middle schooler, agewise 69 Ending with ticker or masking
DOWN
1 Held in check 2 Utah city of more than 100,000 3 Stacks
4 Total ditz 5 Fill-in-the-blanks story 6 White-plumed herons
7 Title role for Jude Law in a 2004 remake
8 Reed who sang “Walk on the Wild Side” 9 Certain bachelor, in personals 10 Tolstoy’s “___ Karenina” 11 Nutty/ marshmallowy ice cream flavor 12 [Giggle] 13 Commit a finedining faux pas 19 ___ mater
24 Mother in a stable family? 25 Freshman, a year later, informally 26 Opposed to 30 Warning that’s pure bluster 31 Egyptian cobra 32 Substance coiled in a double helix 33 Culinary concoction much used in French cuisine
34 Avian hooter 36 Body shop approx. 37 “___ nuff!” 39 Sci-fi princess helping lead the Rebel Alliance 40 Squeal of pain
41 Impulsive people tend to lack one 46 Bank no.
47 Cry from a person in peril 48 Connects (with) 49 Sign in the bleachers at a football game 50 Love, to Leonardo 52 High-altitude Western lake 53 “Get ___ here!” 54 Winning
55 “The Family Circus” cartoonist Bil 57 Discreet “Hey!” 61 Insect found in “Antarctica” … but not Antarctica 62 Cornfield cry