Crossword No. 712: Eighties Art
ACROSS 1 By marriage
6 Fashionista Lauren
11 Save to watch later
14 Polynesian tongue
15 Grenoble goodbye
16 Yvette’s “yes”
17 80-year-old Mick Jagger sings lead on this forthcoming new Rolling Stones album, which drops in October
20 Grammy winner for 1980’s Double Fantasy
21 Past loves
22 Follow as a result of
23 “___ you sure?”
24 Suffix with gazillion
26 Then–84-year-old Clint Eastwood directed this 2014 blockbuster and Best Picture nominee
33 Two-finger symbol
34 Peter Jackson movie franchise, briefly
35 President Biden visited this island in August
37 Zig when you should’ve zagged
38 Gets angrier and angrier
41 Only three-letter element
42 Takes a load off
44 Response to a superior officer, sometimes
45 Render imperfect
47 83-year-old author Margaret Atwood has worked with Hulu to adapt this 2019 Booker Prize–winning sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
50 Green shampoo
51 Help out
52 Home in the woods
55 “I ___ so much trouble!”
57 Canada’s smallest province, for short
60 88-year-old Grandma Moses painted this pastoral masterpiece in 1948; it’s now one of her most popular works
64 Annika airer
65 Gives one an earful
66 Came to prominence
67 College application score
68 Iowa senator Joni
69 Thumbs-up responses
DOWN
1 Letters before an online viewpoint
2 Bread from a tandoor
3 El Pollo ___ (chicken chain)
4 Spielberg title word
5 Businesses with barrels
6 The Martha ___ Show (1950s sitcom)
7 Does the math, sometimes
8 52, one way
9 Princess’ annoyance
10 Upper-arm bones
11 Puts on
12 One place to watch Hell’s Kitchen
13 Get out of bed
18 Corporate VIP
19 End of one’s lunch hour, often
23 Part of a circumference
24 Greek for “panting”
25 Concerning, on formal memos
26 Mimics
27 Be deserving of
28 View from space
29 The O’s have won it nine times
30 “___ this time” (maybe later)
31 Fail in a TikTok-worthy way
32 Historical site, often
36 It may be returned for a TD
39 Like some distinguished profs
40 Piano name
43 Reddish-brown hue associated with old photos
46 “So what?”
48 Professor’s security
49 Stuff in an envelope?
52 LETTERS LIKE THIS, BRIEFLY
53 Sweetly singing Swedes
54 No. 1
55 PM times
56 Has no other option
57 Reasons in favor of
58 “Was there anything ___?”
59 Noted March day
61 Besmirch, as someone’s good name
62 Romantic getaway, often
63 Mine material