The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 “No need to say it

again”

6 Group of criminals 10 Father on a stud farm 14 Tennis star Osaka 15 Cookie whose packaging shows a splash of milk

16 What might give “caws” for concern for a farmer?

17 “Cómo ___?” (“How

are you?”: Sp.) 18 Droplet of happiness

or sadness

19 Assistant

20 Things modern travelers pack 23 Woodman’s makeup

in “The Wizard of Oz” 24 Auto tankful 25 Dickens’s Oliver Twist

or Kipling’s Mowgli 28 In the year of ___ Lord 29 Decrease in size, as

the moon

31 NNW’S opposite 32 Forms of some kids’

multivitamins 36 Direction after adding

sugar

37 Stockpile 38 ___-tac-toe

39 Road Work ___ (highway sign)

40 Ice hockey venue 41 Breakfast side at a

diner

43 “___, humbug!” 44 Exam 45 One who cries “Yer

out!”

46 Ice hockey player 48 Ironically humorous 49 Score 100% on 52 Government-backed

investments

56 B sharp or B flat 58 The Cowboys’ fivepointed star or the Colts’ horseshoe 59 Listings on an actor’s

IMDB page

60 Melee

61 Idiot

62 Cognizant (of)

63 Camera’s “eye” 64 Ocular swelling

65 Items on a to-do list

DOWN

1 Like a butterfingers 2 Healthful Kellogg’s

cereal brand

3 Off, palindromically 4 “Toe” of the Arabian

Peninsula

5 Smart alecks

6 High schoolers who

dress in black, maybe 7 Calculation in calculus 8 In the neighborhood 9 Mythological monsters with snakes for hair

10 Steep embankment 11 Traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish 12 Support for a shower

curtain

13 Farm animal that sounds like a letter of the alphabet 21 Low-___ diet

22 “Able was I ___ I saw

Elba”

26 Like Russia, east of the

Urals

27 Jocks’ counterparts,

stereotypically 28 Southern Siberian city 29 Dress part that may be

taken in

30 St. Louis landmark

32 Clothes

33 Inuit boat

34 Whiskey cocktail & or

where it was invented 35 When planes are due

in, for short

36 Engage in some “retail

therapy”

39 Kid with military

parents

41 Some angels & or

some newspapers 42 Hide in a hard-to-find

spot

44 Prop for a football

kickoff

47 Three-point shots,

informally

48 Jotted down

49 Star student’s report

card, maybe

50 Worker for a Supreme

Court justice

51 Twisty curves 53 Chimney buildup 54 Pretty ___ (oxymoron)

55 Hawkeye State

56 Org. that’s home to the ends of 20-, 32-, 41-and 52-Across 57 Mineral-bearing rock