NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Director in “A Chorus Line” 5 Pistol packer in a 1943 #1 hit 9 Make eyes pop
and jaws drop 14 Paradoxical
assertion, perhaps 15 Writer of the 644
line poem “Ibis” 16 Stage 17 Seasonal servings 18 1969 Rolling
Stones album 20 Like some long
flights 22 Part of une
fraternité 23 He called the U.S. pres. a “glorified public relations man” 24 Abbr. on some
clothing tags 27 Part of a filled-out
survey: Abbr. 29 Admiral who bombarded Tahiti in 1914 30 It often results in changes across the board 38 1959 hit with the lyric “One day I feel so happy, next day I feel so sad” 39 At any price 40 Not meant for
specialists 41 Some Blu-ray
players 42 First of 66 books:
Abbr. 43 Fix 44 Couch problem 47 March Madness,
with “the” 51 Charges at the
door 55 Swan song 58 “Who ___?” 59 Emmy-winning Ed 60 The “O” in F. A. O.
Schwarz 61 Looking up 62 Nelson Mandela’s
mother tongue 63 Sound heard
during a heat wave 64 Event with touches
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1 Corrosion-preventing coating 2 Not very affable 3 With 56-Down, refuse to be cleaned out from a poker game? 4 Literature Nobelist before Gide 5 Stream on the side of a mountain, perhaps 6 Car name that’s
Latin for “desire” 7 McConnell of the Senate 8 “Peace out” 9 Black-and-white transmissions, briefly? 10 Like most brain
neurons 11 Had a beef? 12 Actress Kazan or
Kravitz 13 One may get a
pass 19 Picture on a chest,
for short? 21 They often spot
people 25 Withdraw 26 Minor parish
officers 28 Jason of “How I
Met Your Mother” 29 Five to nine, maybe, but not nine to five 30 Big bass, in fishing
lingo 31 Ones remaining 32 Activity that proceeds hand to hand? 33 Heart-to-hearts 34 ___ Jon (fashion
label) 35 “Give me ___” 36 Product for young
string players? 37 Ones remaining 44 Good name for a
worrywart? 45 Achilles’ undoing 46 Wayne’s pal in
“Wayne’s World” 48 Extremely excited 49 Ancient master of
didacticism 50 Pick up 52 Drag racers’
governing grp. 53 ___ Grey, alter ego
of Marvel’s X-Man 54 Extraocular
annoyance 55 Like some
oversight 56 See 3-Down 57 ___-cone