The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Dict. entries
4 Spinner
in a PC drive
9 H.S. class for a future doctor, maybe
14 Good name for
a tax adviser?
15 In the know
16 Sound
from a hen
17 Big name in
athletic wear
19 Underworld, in
Greek mythology 20 Mean dog,
at times
21 Pines (for)
22 Gumbo vegetable 23 Jellystone Park toon with a bow tie
27 “Girlfriend”
boy band
29 ___ personality (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde trait) 30 Bill with Jefferson’s portrait
31 Siri runs on it
33 Sac fly result
34 Breather
35 Assortment of appetizers at a Polynesian or Chinese restaurant
38 Stiffly formal
40 Stephen of “The
Crying Game”
41 Be under
the weather
42 Particle accelerator particle
43 Flight deck guesses about takeoff, for short 45 Loses color
49 Amorous look
53 Bread dipped
in hummus
54 Winter neckwear 55 Court jesters,
e.g. 57 Set of moral
principles
58 Noisemakers at the 2010 World Cup
60 Letter after
gamma
61 Former “Saturday Night Live” regular Cheri
62 Horatian
creation
63 Gown
64 Some squishy
balls
65 Marry
DOWN
1 President
during W.W. I 2 Boozehounds 3 $400,000/year, for the U.S. president
4 Telephone
5 Social misfit
6 Implement for
a muzzleloader 7 Acapulco gold
8 Three Wise
___ (Magi)
9 Sneezing sound 10 Backup strategy 11 Person in charge of fiscal decisions
12 Arctic fishing
tools
13 Approvals
18 Radioactive
element
21 Novel narrated by Humbert Humbert 24 Title for the
Virgin Mary
25 ___ ghanouj
26 Decompose
28 Beat patroller
32 Having no
doubt about
34 Medical
setback
35 Game played with a 48-card deck
36 Tennis great
Sampras
37 Gratuity
38 Bacon source
39 One sounding “cock-a-doodledoo”
44 Pitcher Tom nicknamed “The Franchise” 46 Keep out of sight 47 Investment company whose commercials once had talking babies
48 Mouthed off to 50 Manners
of walking
51 Killer whales
52 Blue toon whose enemy is Gargamel
56 Commando
weapons
57 TV announcer Hall whose credits include “The Tonight Show”
58 Germany’s Otto
___ Bismarck
59 Sport-___
(rugged vehicle)