The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 Yaks

5 *Gulf Coast waterway 10 Simpson family member who says “Get bent!”

14 Eye layer containing

the iris

15 Reunion attendees,

informally

16 “Never Have I (___” (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)

17 Aspiring doc’s exam 18 Imam’s holy book

19 Campbell of “Scream” 20 Sandwich known by

its initials

21 Not taking sides

23 ___ de plume 24 One-up

26 “Yay, me!”

28 *Main drag of the

French Quarter 34 *Celebration with king

cakes

35 Chick’s chirp 38 Eccentric

39 Varieties

43 No power? 44 “Absolutely!”

45 Singer Celine

46 What nephology is the

study of

49 Foe of Austin Powers

51 Wombs

53 Bird in a gaggle 54 Rapper Mos ___ 56 Nickname for (New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares 58 N.Y.C. airport

61 Psyched about

63 Once around the track 64 Harlem Renaissance

writer Locke 66 “Later!”

67 Mine find

68 “I put the sing in

single” singer

69 Ship’s backbone 70 *___ Square (transla

tion of “Vieux Carré”) 71 [Wrong answer!]

DOWN

1 *Cajun stew

2 Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion

3 Arrive at ahead of 4 Parked oneself 5 Prepare, as a king

cake

6 Baseball family name 7 Steppes dwelling 8 Actor Epps

9 Annapolis inst. 10 Actor Platt of “Dear

Evan Hansen”

11 *St. Charles or Espla

nade

12 Uprising 13 *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina 21 Screenwriter Ephron 22 Former Italian money 25 Empty, as a purse

27 Lives (in)

29 “Hang on a sec,” in

texts

30 Singer Anita of the

swing era

31 Evening, in ads 32 Some NCOS

33 Attempt

35 Plastic pipe material,

in brief

36 ___ sauce (sushi roll

topper)

37 *Cajun shellfish- over

rice dish

40 *Music heard at Pres

ervation Hall 41 Colorful pond fish 42 NBC hit since ’75

47 Actress Messing

48 ___ Lanka

49 Uno + uno

50 Queenly

52 Ice house

53 Stared in wonder 54 Twilight time 55 Fencing event

57 ___ Grey tea

59 Soda’s pop? 60 Shoelace or muscle

problem

62 Popeye’s Olive 65 Women’s ___