new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Cold-shoulder 5 Opinion pieces 10 Brand of tea

14 ___ Grey tea 15 Russian ballet company 16 Score before deuce, maybe 17 The online world 19 They help you access 17-Across, for short 20 Commotion 21 Actress Ward of “Sisters”

23 King topper 24 Ending with east or west 26 Song whose first verse ends “Sleep in heavenly peace” 30 Pioneering building game for computers 32 Graceland’s home: Abbr. 33 Japanese farewell 35 Woody Allen emotion

39 Court fig.

40 Grub or maggot 43 Top-notch 44 “Whoopee!”

46 1948 Triple Crown

winner

48 Mrs. Addams, to Gomez 51 Star’s spot at Christmas

52 Big school event attended by parents 56 Source of PIN money? 57 Spasm

58 Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto” 59 Manhattan, for one: Abbr. 61 One-half base x height, for a triangle 63 Undermined the

confidence of 68 Volunteer’s offer 69 Start of a kid’s choosing rhyme 70 “Puppy Love” hitmaker, 1960 71 On deck 72 Church council 73 Sharp

DOWN

1 Jiffy

2 “I vote no”

3 Story debunked on Snopes.com 4 Ran, as fabric dye 5 Signs off on 6 Backup singer for Gladys Knight

7 Wipe the board clean 8 Museum guide

9 Gracefully thin 10 Greek letter shaped like a cross 11 “What ___ it is getting old” (Rolling Stones lyric) 12 Nothing, informally 13 Beginning 18 Bagful on a pitcher’s mound 22 Fashion’s Wintour 24 Optional part of the SAT 25 Cowboy’s lasso 27 Slanted type: Abbr. 28 Constellation named for a stringed instrument

29 Present at birth 31 Wild animal that yips 34 Path followed by

a shooting star 36 Eschew help 37 Supercilious sort 38 Local news hour,

on some stations 41 “La Dolce ___” 42 Longfellow’s bell town 45 Sound on Old

MacDonald’s farm 47 High home for a hawk 49 Scenic vistas, briefly 50 “Hiroshima” author John

52 Blemish on one’s reputation 53 “Odyssey” temptress 54 Alpine climbing tool 55 Swashbuckling Errol 60 Badlands locale: Abbr. 62 Picnic pest

64 Grp. in a 1955

labor merger

65 “If only ___ listened …” 66 Luau instrument, familiarly 67 Shade darker than beige