NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Joint that a sock covers
6 Small recess
11 Karl Marx’s “___ Kapital”
14 Country star Tucker
15 Theater worker
16 Month with Columbus Day: Abbr. 17 Giving away unwanted items rather than trashing them
19 Second letter after epsilon
20 Rage
21 Luau dance
22 Absorbs, as gravy on a plate 24 Broccoli ___
26 Clark of the Daily Planet 28 Obsessive to a fault
29 The Supremes’“___! In the Name of Love”
30 Extra job in the gig economy
33 Gin’s partner in a classic drink
35 Look at, in the Bible
36 Put in more ammunition 39 Greeting in Tel Aviv
42 Lessens, as pain
44 Alternatives to Nikes 46 Dramatically end a speech, in a way 51 Result of a traffic ticket
52 Many, many, many, many, many moons 53 Hanker (for)
54 Ex-senator Bayh
55 “Hold your horses”
58 Tear to bits
60 Mind’s I?
61 Reaction to an overshare 62 Crowdfunding site … or a hint to the beginnings of 17-, 30- and 46-Across 65 Goal
66 Inventor Howe
67 Prefix between tri- and penta68 Martial arts master Bruce
69 What a star on the American flag represents
70 Slightly off
DOWN
1 Initially
2 Holden Caulfield, for “The Catcher in the Rye”
3 Patella
4 Chemical compound with the formula NaOH
5 Made for ___ other 6 Centers of atoms 7 Components of archipelagoes 8 Second letter after upsilon 9 Roosters’ mates 10 Therefore
11 “Crime ___ pay”
12 Real
13 Alternative to a paper clip 18 Hardy-har-hars
23 Previous incarnation 25 Disorder resulting in seizures
27 Bagful carried by a caddie 31 When repeated, a sneaky laugh
32 Mil. branch with B-52s
34 Paint layer
37 Wood for a baseball bat 38 Profound
40 Classic typewriter brand 41 Bosses
43 Look smugly upon
45 Madrid matrons 46 Insurance type that often accompanies medical 47 Dormmate, e.g.
48 Punctual
49 Existing: Lat.
50 Coin with Lincoln on it 56 Barely makes, with “out” 57 Pinball fail
59 Facts and figures
63 Spying org.
64 Band with the 1993 hit “Everybody Hurts”