NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Either of the World Series winners of 2004 and ’05
4 Pickle variety
8 Talk about ad nauseam 14 James ___, founder of the auction house that sold 38-Across 16 First name in solo flying 17 Gets excited about, e.g. 18 Dietetic restriction 19 Pot thickener? 20 Desires
22 Mucky mess 23 Basketball tactic 25 Jazz Appreciation Mo. 27 Anita of jazz 30 Cartoonist Hoff of
The New Yorker 31 Beginning stage 34 Painter Magritte 35 Mountain nymph 36 Morphine, e.g. 38 Renaissance painting that was sold in November 2017 for a record $450.3 million 41 ___ retriever 42 “Nothing ___”
(slangy refusal)
43 First name?
44 How some fish
are caught
46 Clunky boat
49 Actress Turner 50 “Mazel ___!”
51 Excel
53 Make a request 55 Sagacious
58 Some Shoshonean speakers
59 Shut down 62 100-page stories, say 64 Passionate
65 English king who once owned 38-Across 66 Some may be flying 67 College in Westchester County, N.Y. 68 Colorant
DOWN
1 Leftovers
2 Author known for twist endings 3 Pornographic 4 Observance that begins in March: Abbr. 5 Teeny, for short
6 Lo-cal
7 Creator of 38-Across 8 First name in
Solo flying?
9 Author Oz 10 Eliminating the effects of wear and tear on, as was done to 38-Across 11 Lie on one’s back and not move, maybe 12 38-Across, for one 13 Met rival from D.C. 15 Finishes, as a cake 21 Someone with intelligence?
24 Do military duty 26 Pad sharer
28 Not with
29 “___-haw!”
32 Make a declaration with a straight face 33 Vampire ___ 35 7-Down, for one 37 Boats propelled by poles
38 Mixer at a party 39 “M*A*S*H” actor 40 “Grant” biographer Chernow
41 Gadot of “Justice League” 45 Word said before “then,” oxymoronically 46 Like a dame or earl 47 On pins and
needles
48 Blues great Smith 52 Main part of a ship 54 Superman without a cape
56 Gallery district in Manhattan 57 Former senator Bayh 59 Is provided with 60 Work of ___
(38-Across, e.g.) 61 Sot’s problem
63 The Renaissance, e.g.