The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Fruit often seen
in still lifes
5 Black wood
10 Fable’s message 15 Opera highlight 16 Elaine’s last name on “Seinfeld”
17 Flabbergast
18 Historic California route, with “El”
20 Schmoozing
gossip
21 Bottoms of
high-tops
22 Departs
23 Desirable feature
of a rented room 29 Mathematician Turing who was the subject of “The Imitation Game”
30 Genetic copies 31 Forwards, as a misdelivered letter
35 Weaving
machine
36 Mani-pedi place 39 2016 film for which Viggo Mortensen earned an Oscar nomination
42 Pig’s digs
43 Ancient France 44 Navigation
instrument
45 Many Monty
Python skits
47 Crumb carriers 48 Common computer peripherals 54 Sigher’s words 55 College officials 56 “Here’s to the newlyweds!,” e.g.
58 Part of a person’s psyche … or a hidden part of 18-, 23-, 39or 48-Across?
63 Wonderland girl 64 Division of a play 65 Notion
66 Chill out
67 Played (with)
68 Polo mount
DOWN
1 “Super” group buying campaign ads
2 One-third of pitching’s Triple Crown, for short 3 Command between “Ready!” and “Fire!”
4 Chocolatecovered morsel often eaten at the movies
5 Virus in
2014 news 6 Special Forces 26 “High” times
cap 27 Govt.-issued
7 “Gimme a security
minute” 28 Century 21 rival 8 Schoolteacher’s 29 Paths of
org. pendulums
9 French designer’s 32 Bother
monogram persistently
10 With 62-Down, 33 Book with
a spring festival handwritten
11 Symbols of thoughts
resistance 34 Ducked (out)
12 Talked furtively
incessantly 36 Easel, e.g.
13 Quetzalcoatl 37 Pub
worshiper purchases
14 Car deal that’s 38 Divisions
not a purchase of a play
19 Election mo. 40 Escape
23 Skirt fold 41 The Enterprise, 24 Hoarse for example
25 “___ Enchanted” 45 Soft drink in a
(2004 film) green bottle 46 2000 Summer
Olympics city
48 Smallest OPEC
nation
49 Entire
50 Letter that doesn’t need an envelope or stamp
51 Designer
Geoffrey
52 Got into a row? 53 Nelson
Mandela’s org. 57 ___-Mex
58 “Was ___ das?” (German question)
59 Cpl., e.g.
60 Altar affirmation 61 Spy novelist
Deighton
62 See 10-Down