NEW YORK TImES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Excited, informally 6 Katey of “Married … With Children” 11 What a clock checker might want to know, in brief 14 Jazzman Chick 15 Science suffix 16 Chit 17 Aid for skipping out of
school? 19 Physics unit 20 What opens and
closes safes? 21 “Try ___” 22 “If only” 24 Susan of “The
Partridge Family” 25 Sharp-edged plant
growth? 28 Blabber’s opposite 30 Connect with 31 Dutifully reverent 33 Actress Suvari, co-star
of “American Pie” 34 “Jeepers!” 38 Herbal drink 40 Allies of the Cheyenne 42 Emphatic Spanish
assent 43 Rockets’ paths 45 1950s coup victim 46 Opera ___ 48 Did 80, say 49 Shipment of
noisemakers, e.g.? 53 Running back’s stat:
Abbr. 56 “You win” 57 Novelist Morrison 58 One shooting the
breeze? 59 “___ your lip!” 60 Area of town where the supernatural hang out? 64 Final letter 65 Up to 66 Auto-racing family
name 67 Y : Spanish :: ___ :
English 68 Daft 69 First Top 40 hit for
Weird Al Yankovic
DOWN
1 Needed a massage, say 2 State animal of Maine 3 Prisoners who write tediously? 4 Reggae’s ___-AMouse 5 A previous time 6 “Same goes for me” 7 Spaghetti specification 8 Mount Olympus dweller 9 Bio figure 10 Apollo, for one,
musically speaking 11 Children’s song refrain 12 Arms flank it 13 Zero 18 Tapestry-making
device 23 Shout of exuberance 26 “Tony n’ ___ Wedding” 27 Wine bottle datum 29 Minstrels, often 31 U.K. V.I.P.’s 32 First Super Bowl that was actually called a Super Bowl 33 Santa ___ 35 Robust religious
observance? 36 Old unit of
conductance 37 In the distance 39 Dodge bullet dodger 41 Sewn-on decoration 44 Traditional family
vacation 47 Quite the looker 48 D.C. 100: Abbr. 49 Something delivered in
a box 50 Not native 51 Cordoned (off) 52 With faux shyness 54 Words before ask or
suggest 55 Comic strip canine 61 “I’ll take that as ___” 62 Skater Midori 63 Italian article