NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Reputation

ruiner 11 Some docents’

degs. 15 “A likely story

…” 16 2012 political

thriller 17 Touching of

noses 18 Like some

Crayola crayons 19 “O Sanctissima,” e.g. 20 Deep-fried pub

dish 22 Not together 25 All together 26 Certain

breakthroughs 28 “False, false,

false!” 31 Place to build

theater sets 36 Something to

keep a watch on 37 ___ screen (drug

test) 38 Used as a base 40 Map abbr. 41 Maude’s cousin

on 1970s TV 43 Certain gofer 45 “It’s Not for Me

to Say” crooner 47 Stumbling block 48 “My Fair Lady”

lyricist 51 Swedish coins 55 Wager 58 Sushi bar

supply 59 Solution for

poor eyesight? 60 Form of

xeriscaping 63 Certain wager 64 Night game

requirement 65 Learned 66 Takes the edge

off?

DOWN

1 Member of a den 2 “Slow and steady wins the race” source 3 “To the Stars” autobiographer 4 Peso spender 5 “Get ___!” 6 Overly sensitive,

informally 7 Clucks 8 Power, so to

speak 9 Mork’s supervisor on “Mork & Mindy” 10 Words before a

date 11 Ergonomics unit 12 Ascent without

assistance 13 Keen 14 Part of a

countdown 21 Hollowed-out

comedic prop 23 County of Lewis

Carroll’s birth 24 One side in the annual Shrine Game 27 Wave off 29 Colon, on a test 30 Modern collection of vendors 31 ___ fields 32 Led Zeppelin’s final studio album, appropriately 33 You might move over for them on the highway 34 “That’s gotta

hurt” 35 Some email

attachments 39 Word repeated before “here,” in song 42 “Friday I’m in Love” band, 1992 44 Retweeting of rave reviews, possibly 46 Gobbles 49 What fruit bats

can carry 50 Drone’s work,

maybe 52 Gentle reminder 53 Common show

time: Abbr. 54 Philippics 55 Figurehead

locale 56 Founder of one of the 12 tribes of Israel 57 Having thrown in the towel, maybe 61 Natl. figure 62 Lead-in to a

chef’s name