NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 War game

9 Short write-ups 15 “Time was …” 16 Treat eaten with a

spoon

17 2007 N.A.A.C.P. Image Award winner for “Inside Man”

18 Top-notch 19 Baseball’s

Martinez 20 They’re on the

books

22 Deducts from 23 Like a zebra’s

mane

25 Détentes 27 Language traditionally written without spaces between words

28 Cardinal topper 30 Wharf workers’

grp.

31 “Nuts!”

32 “Holy cow!” 34 “Her ___” (“Miss

Saigon” song) 35 Resident of the

Corn State 39 Challenge for a

barber 41 Lovesickness, e.g. 42 1973 Tony nominee for “A Little Night Music” 44 Power-packed

engine

45 ___ comparison 46 Contractual

problems?

51 The end of

Caesar? 52 Barrymore and

more

54 Not easily

moved

55 E’en if

57 City on Utah Lake 59 Fuss

60 One of two party

leaders 62 Browns, in a way 64 Full circuit 65 High-rise pants and hornrimmed glasses, say 66 “Deliciously Different” sloganeer

67 “Sit tight”

DOWN

1 Satiny quality 2 Be a wannabe 3 Netted,

in a way

4 Key figure in saving New York City from bankruptcy 5 GPS generation: Abbr. 6 Something needed to raise the bar?

7 Not miss ___ 8 “You don’t say!” 9 Old map abbr. 10 Squats strengthen them

11 “___ a broken heart”: Dickinson 12 “You don’t say!” 13 Just deserts for

misconduct 14 Salted away? 21 Part of many a

submarine 24 “Rent” actor

Diggs

26 Shouts heard

at a rodeo 29 Hot Wheels

product

31 “How stupid am

I!”

33 Sneak

35 Flip

36 Have no

accomplice 37 Response to “Not

now,” often 38 Perception 40 Things weighed in

pounds? 43 Distinctive features of tamago gohan servings, in Japanese cuisine 47 Clip, say

48 Palliate

49 Like some catches

and crashes 50 Keeper of the

flame?

52 “Tell me more” 53 Unit of rain or ice 56 Ship or plane part 58 Virginia willow’s

genus

61 Covers with some

rolls

63 It’s way over your

head