NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Strive for an epic effect 6 Poker or snooker 10 Plays a role
14 Savory food quality 15 “Hear, hear!”
16 Had on
17 The Devil
18 Richly adorn
19 Black gem with bands 20 Cinnamon-and-sugar cookie
23 Yang’s counterpart 24 Hurdle for a coll. senior, maybe
25 Beats by ___ (headphones brand) 26 Hurdle for a H.S. senior, maybe
29 “Saturday Night Live” segment
32 Mate for a mama
35 ___ Baba, crier of “Open sesame!” 36 Pooh’s pessimistic pal 37 Retail giant with a famous catalog, once 39 ___ Antonio, Tex. 41 Finger or toe
42 W.W. I’s Red Baron, e.g. 44 After-tax amount 46 Zilch
47 Televised activity with Ping-pong balls
50 Very: Sp.
51 Result no longer allowed on “Jeopardy!” 52 Reggae relative 53 School lunch sandwich,
for short 56 Comprehend … or what 20-, 29- and 47-Across do, finally
60 Explorer Ponce de ___ 62 Computer cable
63 Lake into which Michigan’s
“thumb” juts
64 Born and ___
65 Opera solo
66 Big name in online satire, with “The”
67 Jolts
68 Smell really bad
69 Rat Pack member
___ Davis Jr.
DOWN
1 Dress (up)
2 Neighbor of a Saudi 3 Drive home, as a runner on third base 4 Apple computer 5 Chinese tree with fanshaped leaves 6 Collections of funny outtakes
7 In the thick of
8 Tune
9 Sign, as a check
10 Army no-show
11 Kind of wagon for pioneers
12 Attempt
13 One cause of an “R” rating
21 Humorous Bombeck
22 Deceived with a fake-out, in hockey 27 Bitter-tasting
28 Letter before iota 29 A diamond that has one is moderately expensive
30 Ross of the
Supremes
31 Watching closely
32 The first one begins “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly”
33 Quintet to which “y” is often added
34 One attending a shindig
38 Writer F. ___ Fitzgerald 40 “1984” language 43 Back-and-forth changes to a Wikipedia page
45 ___ torch
48 Bring back, as a worker 49 Chips with melted cheese
53 Jewish festival usually in March
54 Ride for a Quidditch player
55 Female donkey 57 Finishes
58 Great Lake bordered by Ohio
59 “Yellowfin” fish
60 J.F.K.’S successor
61 Time in history