The New York Times Crossword
Across 1 Director Roth 4 Biblical word on
a wall 8 Something
hidden, perhaps 14 Edna Ferber
novel 16 Multitude 17 Effrontery 18 A speedster may
do it 19 About 20 Lug 22 N.L. East city:
Abbr. 23 Bat wood 24 AOL, for one 27 Mères’ charges 31 Buddyroo 33 Gossip 35 Still 37 ___ sleep 39 Fails to be 40 Title on certain language videos … with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle 43 Digging 44 Cuisine whose staple food is sticky rice 45 Competition for
truckers 46 Butterfingers 48 Walk-___ 50 Liquid fat 51 Gift that’s hard to
believe 52 Kind of card 54 Slalom path 56 Offer unwanted
advice 58 “Now!” 62 So very very 66 Shoot the breeze 68 Genre for Q-Tip 69 Bubble makers 70 Size up 71 Concordes, e.g. 72 Lick, say
Down 1 Parrot 2 “A ___ should have a good memory”: Quintilian 3 Some World of
Warcraft figures 4 Villain player in
“Rocky III” 5 Go off 6 Worthless, as an
assistant 7 Abbr. on a
business letter 8 Smart ___ 9 Woman with
many fans? 10 Item in a spoon
race 11 Fed. research
org. 12 Modern address
feature 13 “___ advice?” 15 Kind of dye 21 ___ Joel Osment of “The Sixth Sense” 22 Part of A.M.A.:
Abbr. 24 Like some
pitched balls 25 Martial arts
instructor 26 Popular programming language 27 Locale of some
Mayan ruins 28 Caterers’
bookings 29 Ragged 30 Sign up 32 .93% of the earth’s atmosphere 34 Like some pools 36 It may be struck
in a field 38 It spent 5,519
days in orbit 41 Biblical woman who changed her name to Mara 42 Ski-___ 47 Buzzers 49 Grabs 53 Sporty car roofs 55 Article of female
tennis attire 57 Arthur and
Benaderet 58 Qty. 59 Look pregnant 60 Israeli port 61 “Hey you!” 62 Cry made with a raised index finger 63 Fleur-de-___ 64 CD predecessors 65 Café alternative 67 Alliance created
in ’48