The New York Times Crossword

A-swems below

ACROSS

1 Fungus-filled, maybe 8 E.R. V.I.P.s

11 “___ homo” 15 “Insecure” actress 16 Alley ___ (flashy basketball play) 17 Cowboy’s pal

18 Hard deposit in a

bladder

20 Bone-dry

21 Dine

22 Queen’s realm? 24 They aren’t what they

appear to be 27 Boxer’s cry

28 Base on balls 29 Legislation often resulting from compromise

34 Placid

35 Norm: Abbr.

36 Word in an alumnae

directory, maybe 37 Adage on the impermanence of suffering & or a hint to 18-, 29-, 46-and 61-Across

43 Bit in a horse’s

mouth?

44 Shade

45 Coat in winter 46 N.F.L. signal caller 51 “Not to mention &” 52 Take a stab

53 “Well, alrighty &” 56 Spots for idols 59 Timeline unit

60 Ben & Jerry’s alternative 61 Jiffy

66 Santa’s coat? 67 Novelist Rand 68 Vague comment akin to “More than you might think” 69 Burden 70 Disreputable newspaper

71 Jane Pauley and Rachel Maddow

DOWN

1 Hard lemonade brand 2 Thomas in the Basketball Hall of Fame 3 Paper you take to go

on a trip?

4 “Dapper” guy

5 “Able was I ___ I saw

Elba”

6 “No ___!” (or its response)

7 “Without question” 8 Ocean dweller so named for its roundish, silvery body 9 Terse caution 10 Building detail 11 Govt. testing site for

air and water quality 12 Area between Virginia

and Georgia

13 Small creases, as in

foil

14 Small whirlpool 19 Causing the lips to

pucker

23 The “O” of B.Y.O.B. 25 They get dropped for

emphasis 26 Tiff

27 Under ___ (brand of

athletic wear) 30 Greeting in Honolulu 31 Like the sky on cloudless nights

32 Do some improv 33 “___ Miz”

37 Number one, as on a

chart

38 Complained about ad

nauseam

39 “Should have listened

to me!”

40 Accepting that one

can’t do better 41 “Wow, that’s 2 funny!”

42 Little kiss 47 Expeditions by knights 48 ___ Intrepid (N.Y.C.

carrier museum) 49 Gaelic language 50 Protests during an

anthem, say

54 “& but I could be

wrong”

55 Bulb units

56 Córdoba : Nicaragua ::

___ : Cuba

57 Transport up a bunny

slope

58 Maisie Williams’s role

on “Game of Thrones” 62 In good physical shape 63 V.J. employer, once 64 ___Kosh B’gosh 65 Iconic Andy Warhol

subject