NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Classic name for a poodle 5 Branded cotton swab 9 Much-prized golden statuette 14 Black, in poetry
15 ___ Bell
16 Tract of low-growing shrubs 17 Locale for a traditional Japanese ceremony
19 Source of pancake syrup
20 Toll units for semis
21 Israeli gun
23 Lead-in to fall
24 Slip of paper to take to the grocery 28 Louis who developed a rabies vaccine 31 High-five sound
32 Yoko who loved John
33 Places with lions and giraffes
36 Sushi bar eel
39 The Masters and others
43 Sign in a broadcast booth
44 ___ John letter
45 Part of the body that’s stubbed 46 Marsh grass
48 Risky bridge play
51 Classic Austrian pastry 55 Homophone of 46-Across 56 ___-la-la (song syllables)
57 Rubs the wrong way
61 Actress Zellweger
63 Message clicked on by an online buyer … or a hint for 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across 66 Obvious
67 “Hold the ___” (deli order) 68 Build-it-yourself furniture chain
69 ___ corgi (dog breed)
70 Hunted animal 71 Pre-twentysomething
DOWN
1 Crumbly cheese 2 Mountain goat 3 Stable newborn 4 Consume
5 15 min. of college football
6 Tiny amount
7 Acquire a winter coat?
8 ___ scheme (scam)
9 Unit of electrical resistance 10 Flier that can take off from water 11 Apparel also known as clamdiggers
12 Rand McNally book 13 Scarlett’s Butler
18 Tennis legend Arthur 22 Electees 25 Anise-flavored liqueur 26 Peacockish
27 Down in the mouth
28 “We have met the enemy and he is us” comic strip
29 Ever and ___
30 Green energy source that might go on top of a house
34 Rock with valuable nuggets
35 Not just a glitch
37 Old sporty Pontiacs
38 “So that’s it!”
40 Fly ball catchers 41 Genealogical chart 42 Desert-dry
47 “Spring forward” letters 49 Disney clown fish
50 Draw out
51 Cupid’s missile
52 Pet ___
53 Walk with heavy steps 54 Speed reader?
58 Not real
59 Gratis
60 Lee of Marvel Comics 62 Biblical verb ender
64 Clothes colorer
65 Slinky or Silly Putty