NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Big name in banking 6 Tempest 11 Something to
download
14 “The Fox and the
Grapes” author 15 Ancient Asia
Minor region 16 Subject for “Dunkirk”
or “Apocalypse Now” 17 Defenseless target 19 Hawaii’s Mauna ___ 20 Pitching stat 21 Transmits 22 Hall-of-Fame Broncos
QB John
24 Artsy Big Apple
neighborhood 25 “Crazy Rich ___”
(hit 2018 movie) 26 Directive that’s in
force until canceled 31 Eagles’ nests 32 Puerto ___
33 Just a touch 36 Lobbying org.
for seniors
37 Pioneer in email 38 Wild’s opposite 39 “‘Sup, ___?”
40 New Age energy field 42 Part of an urn
that can turn 44 Notice when
getting fired
47 Scarf down
49 Big parts of donkeys 50 Birds that honk 51 Justice Sotomayor 53 Furry foot 56 Meadow 57 Repeated comical reference
60 Like most things in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” 61 Words said just before dinner 62 Stan’s buddy of old comedies 63 Pre-C.I.A. spy org. 64 “Holy cow! This could be bad!” 65 With ___ in sight
DOWN
1 Lawyer’s assignment 2 Prince, to a throne 3 “The Thin Man” dog 4 One in need
of drying out
5 Unit of a TV series 6 Agree to join 7 Newsman Chuck 8 Burden
9 Ocasek of the Cars 10 Muddles through with what one has 11 Middle school years, notably 12 Song of praise 13 Says “Dear God …” 18 Sodas not much seen nowadays
23 It can be white or boldfaced 24 Small scissor cut 25 Path of a Hail Mary pass
26 Bygone Swedish auto 27 Bit of weeping 28 Images on Kansas City Chiefs’ helmets
29 A pun can induce one 30 Resource extracted from Alaska’s North Slope
34 Roman god of love 35 Wagers
37 NPR’s Shapiro 38 Much of a salon
worker’s income 40 Peanut or pollen reaction, possibly 41 Hawaiian instrument, for short
42 Land on the
Strait of Gibraltar 43 Model of excellence 45 Small batteries 46 Ones who are said to
grant three wishes 47 Eskimo home 48 Must-haves
51 Crackle and Pop’s buddy
52 Fairy tale beginning 53 Tree : Christmas :: ___ : Festivus
54 Similar (to) 55 Dandelion, for one 58 Spoon-bending Geller 59 Singer and former “American Idol” judge, familiarly