NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 TV host who won a Best Comedy Album Grammy 12 Vegan lunch option, informally 15 Cry used to pump up a crowd 16 Following 17 Fortune 18 Beast in a

Marco Polo tale 19 Old station

name 20 Abbr. in a birth

announcement 21 Request in pool

or beer pong 23 Hudson River

school? 25 “Eww!” 27 Soundtrack to many a bombdefusing scene 28 Prizes given to

good docs? 31 “Kazaam” star,

informally 32 Crying need? 36 A wedge might

come out of it 37 Beast hunted by Hemingway in “Green Hills of Africa” 38 Work set mostly

in Cyprus 40 Herbal quaff 42 Wilde wrote “De Profundis” in one 43 Lion runner 45 Unlike a

showboat 46 Rash application 47 Reception

opening 49 Hull sealer 51 1-Across’s home, once: Abbr. 52 Resistance

figure 57 Like pickle juice 59 Dated 61 Many a donor, in

brief 62 Go around, but

not quite go in 63 W.W. II defense 66 Sun ___ 67 Fall fallout,

some believe 68 Short

agreement 69 Scorsese film before “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”

DOWN 1 “The Two ___” (“Chinatown” sequel) 2 Like 1-Across,

by descent 3 Quick set 4 “Oh no!” 5 His, modern

style? 6 Roll up and bind 7 Source of the

word “alcohol” 8 Glass protector 9 Velázquez’s “___

Meninas” 10 Repute 11 Orange and blue

wearer, for short 12 It opens during

the fall 13 Some trade

barriers 14 Nada 22 On the line 24 Dangerous thing

to sell 26 Humphries of

the N.B.A. 29 Southern site of

an 1865 battle 30 Weak spots 32 Wrap session? 33 Slant one’s

words, in a way 34 Picture with a

lot of gunplay 35 Game controller

button 39 Cholesterol

lowering food 41 First-choice 44 Hand over (to) 48 Self-titled debut

album of 1991 50 Sign at a game 53 “Au Revoir, Les Enfants” writer/ director 54 Sporty Lotus

model 55 Put one’s foot

down, in a way? 56 Accord

indicators 58 Protection 60 “I ___ tell” 64 1998 Angelina

Jolie biopic 65 49-Across

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