The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Group consisting of Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid 5 Four-year degs. 8 Muddle through 14 Dreary

15 Home of the statue Christ the Redeemer, familiarly

16 Left

17 Frisbee sport

19 Earned in the end 20 Swing wildly back and

forth

21 Sounds in a dentist’s

office

23 Tune also known as

“Butterfield’s Lullaby” 24 Card game akin to

crazy eights

26 Word after head,

heart or belly

28 Name of a celebrated 1970s concert tour with Bob Dylan 35 Foretell

36 French fashion magazine since 1945 37 Animal whose full name means “nose horn”

38 Where the four most widely practiced religions all originated 39 “Me too”

41 Means justifiers,

perhaps

42 Has trouble with S’s 44 Algerian port 45 Problems that a group

project might face 46 “We shouldn’t rush

this”

49 Relieve

50 Rapper ___ Uzi Vert 51 Common chip dip,

slangily

54 $$$ for old age

56 Tiki bar cocktail

61 The “A” of SAG 63 Respond quickly and sharply to criticism & or a hint to 17-, 28-and 46-Across

65 Like the middle band

of the flag of México 66 Point

67 Sugary frozen beverage

68 Blue period?

69 Signal to go onstage 70 Coke or 7Up

DOWN

1 Enhances, with “to” 2 Cheese with a white

rind

3 Core political supporters

4 They can be sung to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” 5 Some future Girl

Scouts

6 Not feel well

7 Seating for two or

more

8 Good-hearted sort 9 Item in a box marked

“In case of fire &” 10 Short stiletto shoe 11 Grammy-winning

James

12 Profound

13 3:1 or 4:1, e.g. 18 Ancient France 22 Poison-pen letters 25 Rubbernecker, e.g. 27 “Ben-___”

28 ___ the Riveter (W.W.

II figure)

29 Keats or Pindar 30 Tiny change to a master clock

31 Give someone the

stink eye, e.g.

32 Wild Australian dog 33 Provide, as with a

scholarship

34 One of the friends on

“Friends”

35 Sports item absent from wrestling and track

40 Highly personal 43 Depot: Abbr.

47 “My opinion has always been &”

48 Bit of Three Stooges

comedy

51 Chatters

52 Bruins’ sch.

53 Slightly

55 Electrically flexible 57 Long-billed wading

bird

58 ___ Bell

59 Got 100% on

60 Home furnishings store with a three-syllable name

62 ___ Records

64 Singer Reed