The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 U.F.O. crew, supposedly 4 Mimicked 8 Light bulb, in a comic strip 12 Soaks up some rays 14 Duck known for its soft down 16 Smallest unit of life 17 Peach or beech 18 Underwater divers’ aids 20 Lowest numbered club for a golfer 22 Reznor of Nine Inch Nails 23 “When the moon hits your eye like a big ___, that’s amore” (Dean Martin lyric) 25 Datum for a basketball point guard
28 Deutschland denial 29 Rite Aid competitor 31 Show respect for 32 Many a G.I. 34 Break bread 36 Nanny : goat :: ___ : sheep 37 “Wanna take this outside?,” e.g … or what are found four times in this puzzle’s theme 42 Can material 43 Maple product 44 “___ to Billie Joe” (1967 #1 hit) 45 Commonly sprained joint 48 Prefix that means “bad” 50 Dutch cheese 53 Stones embedded in a crown 55 Influence through close contact
58 Moved smoothly 60 Bygone Japanese camera brand 61 Weird Al Yankovic medley that features “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls 64 Landing spot for Santa 65 Delta deposit 66 What’s in style 67 Pub projectile 68 To boot 69 Fool (with) 70 Passengerscreening org. DOWN 1 Legally prohibit 2 Submit, as homework 3 Reason to say “Gesundheit!” 4 Famed fable writer 5 Meal on a blanket 6 College email suffix 7 Red ink, so to speak 8 “You underestimate me!” 9 Governed by fate 10 Rocky Mountain ___ (state animal of Utah) 11 Politicians Gore and Franken 13 Taking by force 15 “Ta-___ Boomde-ay” 19 Netlike fabric
21 Cattle farmer’s land 24 What “E” stands for in golf 26 Female pigs 27 Uno + due 30 Droop 33 Tie-breaking periods, for short 35 What it takes to tango 37 “OK, have it your way!”
38 What quill pens are dipped in 39 Sam-___ (Seuss character) 40 Greek theater 41 Robert ___, Paul Newman’s co-star in “The Sting” 42 ___ Mahal 46 Surreptitiously give, as classified information 47 “Frozen” queen 49 Light units
51 Opposite of sinking 52 The “M” of G.M. 54 Labor Day’s mo. 56 Eagles and falcons 57 Can./U.S./Mex. treaty 59 Campus building 61 “Don’t text and drive” ad, e.g. 62 Dipstick coating 63 Itsy-bitsy Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay.