The New York Times Crossword

By Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock

ACROSS

1 U.F.O. crew,

supposedly

4 Mimicked

8 Light bulb, in a

comic strip

12 Soaks up some

rays

14 Duck known for its

soft down

16 Smallest unit of

life

17 Peach or beech

18 Underwater

divers’ aids

20 Lowest numbered

club for a golfer

22 Reznor of Nine

Inch Nails

23 “When the moon hits your eye like a big ___, that’s amore” (Dean Martin lyric)

25 Datum for a basketball point guard

28 Deutschland

denial

29 Rite Aid

competitor

31 Show respect for

32 Many a G.I.

34 Break bread

36 Nanny : goat ::

___ : sheep

37 “Wanna take this outside?,” e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle’s theme Can material

42

43 Maple product

44 “_ _ _ to Billie Joe”

(1967 #1 hit)

45 Commonly

sprained joint

48 Prefix that means

“bad”

50 Dutch cheese

53 Stones embedded

in a crown

55 Influence through

close contact

58 Moved smoothly

60 Bygone Japanese

camera brand

61 Weird Al Yankovic medley that features “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls

64 Landing spot for

Santa

65 Delta deposit

66 What’s in style

67 Pub projectile

68 To boot

69 Fool (with)

70 Passengerscreening org.

DOWN

1 Legally prohibit

2 Submit, as

homework

3 Reason to say

“Gesundheit!”

4 Famed fable

writer

5 Meal on a blanket

6 College email

suffix

7 Red ink, so to

speak

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0205

8 “You underestimate me!”

9 Governed by fate

10 Rocky Mountain ___ (state animal of Utah)

11 Politicians Gore

and Franken

13 Taking by force

15 “Ta-___ Boom-deay”

19 Netlike fabric

21 Cattle farmer’s

land

24 What “E” stands

for in golf

26 Female pigs

27 Uno + due

30 Droop

33 Tie-breaking

periods, for short

35 What it takes to

tango

37 “OK, have it your

way!”

38 What quill pens

are dipped in

39 Sam-___ (Seuss

character)

40 Greek theater

41 Robert ___, Paul Newman’s co-star in “The Sting”

42 _ _ _ Mahal

46 Surreptitiously give, as classified information

47 “Frozen” queen

49 Light units

51 Opposite of

sinking

52 The “M” of G.M.

54 Labor Day’s mo.

56 Eagles and falcons

57 Can./u.s./mex.

treaty

59 Campus building

61 “Don’t text and

drive” ad, e.g.

62 Dipstick coating

63 Itsy-bitsy