The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Host with a microphone

6 Egyptian goddess with

a repetitive name 10 Three blind creatures,

in a children’s rhyme 14 West Coast N.F.L.

player

15 Smeller

16 Black, to poets 17 Unplanned

20 Suffix with count 21 California/Nevada

border lake 22 Chutzpah

23 Singer with the multiplatinum albums “19,” “21” and “25” 25 “That’s all ___ got” 27 Suffix with cash or

cloth

28 Parliamentary agenda 32 Hold on property 33 Pitching stat 34 Memo-heading inits. 35 “___ fool!”

37 Yang’s partner 39 Writer ___ Rice Burroughs

43 Chest protector

45 San Francisco’s ___

Hill

47 Fish in some salads 48 Literary club feature 52 Preceder of Alamos or

Angeles 53 She’s a sheep

54 “I Still Believe ___” (#1 Vince Gill country song)

55 Pen name

57 Door fastener 59 Dallas sch. with a

presidential library 62 Annual Time issue 65 “CHiPs” actor Estrada 66 First chip in the pot 67 Previously aired show 68 Profit’s opposite 69 Old Russian ruler 70 Place for camels to

rest

DOWN

1 Otherwise

2 GPS graphics

3 One leading a fight for

change

4 Good listener? 5 Displayer of one’s

feelings

6 Possibly, but unlikely 7 Artsy Manhattan

neighborhood

8 “Yeah, that seems

plausible”

9 College term: Abbr. 10 Idea that spreads

popularly and widely 11 Barcelona’s peninsula 12 Pass along

13 Go through the door 18 Not true

19 Cyclops feature 24 “Raging Bull” star

Robert

26 TV broadcast band 28 Rock-___ (jukebox

brand)

29 Fabric tear

30 Like a sound that can

barely be heard 31 Playground retort 36 This way

38 Pitcher’s tour de force 40 N.R.A. members 41 Insect in a colony 42 Quaint college cheer 44 Ship’s front

46 Park furniture 48 Orchestral work by

Ravel

49 Egyptian god who’s a

brother of 6-Across 50 Criminals

51 “You saved me!” 52 Place to put an American flag pin

56 Poses a question 58 Skin conditioner brand 60 Island ESE of Oahu 61 Large coffee holders 63 Turner who led a slave

rebellion

64 Vote in favor