The Riverside Press-Enterprise
The New York Times Crossword
By Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson
ACROSS 1 5
Gag Runnin’ _ _ _ (Western NCAA team)
9 They’re connected to the spine
14 Tech giant based
in New Taipei City
15 Beverage brand
with a lizard logo
16 Writer Jong
17 CAROL BRADY
19 Childish retort
20 “The way I see it
...,” to texters
21 Smidgen
23 ___ Accords (1993 and 1995 pacts)
24 Antitrafficking
org.
26 MOOSE ANTLERS
29 “Are you sure
about that?”
31 Something broken after regulation, say
32 “Critique of
Judgment” writer
33 They might be
blended
37 36:1, for snake
eyes
40 ACTING ROLE
43 Heartfelt request
44 Suckling site
45 “Quickly!”
47 Title of respect
49 Saint of Ávila
51 SACRAMENTO
KINGS
57 Plato’s “P”
58 Meat in some
chops
59 Palindromic time
60 Reward for a dog
62 Skyscraper
support
64 TOP ROUND
STEAK
68 Bird depicted on
a rare penny
69 Bump on a log
70 Maggie Smith’s
title
71 Buy time
72 Academic
acronym
73 “Quickly!”
DOWN
1 Predicament
2 _ _ _-warrior (environmentalist)
3 Next-to-last
4 Theme park
transport
5 Currency
exchange inits.
6 Something to talk
about
7 Novel format
8 Philadelphia train
system
9 Split bit, say
10 Moving target in
a heist film
Edited by Will Shortz No. 0104
11 “Simply sharp”
brand
12 Reason for a
recall
13 Squelched
18 Sushi restaurant
supply
22 Fire ___
24 Peachy
25 Big name in
family singers
27 Whole-grain
wheat flour
28 Christian of note
30 Squishy desktop
item
34 Otoscope user,
for short
35 Drink additive?
36 Place with scrubs
38 Rodent in an arid
environment
39 Mark of Zorro?
41 Actress Reid of
“Sharknado”
42 Envelope abbr.
46 Kung _ _ _
48 Days _ _ _
50 “30 for 30” airer
51 Uses
52 Home of Morocco’s Royal Palace
53 Longtime watch brand for James Bond
54 Deducts from
55 Go from 0 to 60,
say
56 En pointe
61 Tosses in
63 Brooks, for one
65 Balance provider,
in brief
66 Actress Thurman
67 Bit of fishing gear