The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Female singer with a hit album in every decade since the 1960s
5 “It’s boiling in here!” 10 House speaker Ryan 14 Confused state of
mind
15 New Zealand native 16 Folklore fiend
17 Pare a phrase? 18 Many a charity golf
tourney
19 Rainbow flag letters 20 One traveling around
Scandinavia? 23 Senior’s grandson 24 Cesar who played the
Joker on TV 27 Rice-and-broth dish 30 Texting format, in
brief
33 Significant qualification
34 Stir up
35 Visit to the salon? 37 Rock’s Brian 38 “South Park” kid 39 Ana’s aunt 40 Argument that involves pointing? 42 France’s Pic de
Rochebrune, e.g. 43 Ancient worshiper of
Huitzilopochtli 44 Drench
45 Trash hauler
46 End of the sentence “Make like a drum and ?”
48 ___ America 49 Soldiers in line formation?
56 Late journalist Ifill 58 Shirk one’s responsibilities
59 Grammy and Tony
nominee Bareilles 60 Part of a cruise itinerary
61 Mojave plant 62 Mendes and Longoria
63 Comme ci, comme ça 64 Like early computer
graphics
65 Be dependent
DOWN
1 Course designer 2 Muslim pilgrimage 3 Pinza of “South
Pacific”
4 Result of a deadlocked jury
5 Noted architect who
turned 100 in 2017 6 Who said religion “is the opium of the people”
7 Piece of equipment
for 29-Down
8 Kind of history or
hygiene
9 ___ Sea (body north
of Australia) 10 Controversial argument
11 News site like the
Drudge Report 12 Metro area 13 Authorize to 21 “What’s the ___?” 22 One-named Swedish singer with the 1997 hit “Show Me Love” 25 Annoying
26 These days
27 Not made from
scratch, say
28 Give a charge to 29 Dangerous circus
jobs
30 Drudges
31 San ___, Calif. 32 Encapsulate 35 Setting for many a joke about a priest, a rabbi and a minister 36 Small amount 38 Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship 41 Begin to enjoy 42 Apple consumer 45 Many a Labor Day
event, for short 47 Kind of wave
48 Gig parts
50 Not for here 51 Gelatin substitute 52 Split
53 Shade provider 54 River forming part of the boundary between Europe and Asia
55 “Not so fast!”
56 Car speaker 57 Romance