NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Classic Halloween
costume
6 Gossip, e.g.
10 ___ the fat (gossip, e.g.) 14 Tag for the “Friday the 13th” film subtitled “A New Beginning” 15 One of a pair on a car 16 Dance in a festive skirt 17 Addition to a soda, but not to a beer 18 Onetime Queens stadium
19 Format much used for action films 20 What 7-Down is 23 Extended story line 26 Spun fiber
27 Thick Japanese noodle 28 Fix, as the back
of a shoe
30 What you might do when you cross your fingers 32 Den grp.
35 See 10-Down 36 Condition that causes
fidgeting, informally 38 Sporting blades
40 For each item
41 Philly basketballer 43 Pair that’s kissing? 44 Evil spirit
46 Cuisine with
tom yum soup
47 Prefix with chamber 48 Stir 49 Cat-o’-nine-tails component
51 Its head is in the Himalayas
53 One bound to the land 55 Some Marvel superheroes
57 Urban grid: Abbr. 58 Shape of 7-Down 61 Carefully search 62 McCarthy aide Roy 63 Gave (out)
67 Eins + zwei
68 Band with the 1988 #1
hit “Need You Tonight” 69 Common name for a central rail station 70 Detective’s assignment 71 Govt. org. for whistle-blowers 72 Dance or dip
DOWN
1 One talking to a driver? 2 Fashion statement at
the Kentucky Derby 3 Hockey great Bobby 4 Try
5 Lucy Ricardo, to Ricky 6 One of Caesar’s assassins
7 When the ends of each of its letters are connected to those above and below, a simplified schematic of a famous structure 8 Downwind
9 Ally (with)
10 With 35-Across, actor who said “You can’t fool me, there ain’t no Sanity Clause” 11 Creatures with 23 pairs of 25-Down 12 Carrier to the Mideast 13 Linoleum cover 21 Spanish stews
22 Nice thought? 23 Spanish ___ 24 Gathered
25 Genetic bundles 29 Brand of dry-erase
markers
31 Ancient theaters 33 Quidditch team, e.g. 34 Evaluate
37 Morse units, informally 39 Architect’s drawing 42 Brightest star in Orion 45 Workers’ rights agcy. 50 Big workers’ grp.
since 1955
52 Ill will
54 Jazzman Blake 56 Smart society 58 Picasso muse
___ Maar
59 They go to great lengths
60 Lucy Lawless title role 61 Flu-fighting org.
64 Up to, informally 65 Goddess whom Homer
called “rosy-fingered” 66 Subject of this puzzle