The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Matches,
as a bet
5 Suffix with
bachelor
9 Miss
13 Pinball
game ender
14 Keisters
16 Mozart’s
“Se vuol ballare,” for one 17 Neck of
the woods
18 Very, in music
19 “Darn it all!”
20 Practical sort … or anagram #1 of the only seven letters used to make this puzzle 22 Ballpark gates
24 Times when the French go en vacances 25 Chasing Moby
Dick, say
26 Brightest 1-Down
in Aquila
29 Big celeb … or
anagram #2
32 Bollywood wraps 33 Formal
ceremonies
34 One of a pair of map coordinates: Abbr.
36 Awaken
37 Tennis great
Monica
38 Meter maid
of song
39 Asian new year 40 Animals rounded up in a roundup
41 Foodie, e.g.
42 Sells (for) … or
anagram #3
44 Standing still
45 The black square chunk in front of 55-, 60- and 63-Across, and others
46 Actor Morales
47 Zionist’s
homeland 50 More coarse … or anagram #4
54 Social reformer
Jacob
55 Californie
and others
58 “Dies ___”
59 Vogue rival
60 U. S. Grant
rival
61 “He’d fly through the air with the greatest of ___” (old song lyric) 62 Suffix with prank or poll
63 “___ we
forget …”
64 Concordes,
for short DOWN3 4 1 2 Zeno’sResultSky Blarneyland light of home Stonepoor
5 Pinkfor ventilationone Pearl,
6 Things graded
by 7-Down
7 See 6-Down
8 1970s political
cause, for short
9 It may be thrown
from a horse
10 ___ Sea (former fourth-largest lake in the world)
11 Babylon, for the ancient Hanging Gardens
12 Lip 15 Fraidy-cats 21 “That so?” 23 Thomas Hardy heroine 25 Take up or let out 26 Admin. aide 27 “See ya” 28 Like the invitation line “Be there or be square” 29 Roger formerly of Fox News 30 Crème de la crème 31 Deserves V.I.P. treatment 33 Predigital film units 35 Piquant 37 Ben of “Tower Heist” 38 They come along once in a blue moon
40 Store window
sign
41 List-ending
abbr.
43 Come-on
44 How tableware
is often sold
46 ___ Park, Colo. 47 Seriously vexes 48 Delta deposit 49 Vex
51 Nest eggs for
the golden yrs. 52 Big ___
Conference
53 Roger who played a part on “Cheers”
56 Certain util. bill 57 Stein filler