NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Nether regions 5 *“Whaddya know …”
9 Some stage equipment 13 Toddler’s boo-boo
14 “Same here”
15 Not raise or fold
16 *In rapid succession, in slang 17 Sister channel of HBO and TBS 18 *Bonkers
19 Club for drivers 21 Predetermined cost
23 Group without power? 25 Orthodontist’s recommendation 26 Madison Ave. bigwig
29 Penne ___ vodka
31 Resident of a hobby farm 32 Dwarf friend of Bilbo in “The Hobbit” 33 Thick, liquidy servings 35 *“Cheers!”
36 What’s found once in a generation? 37 *Dismiss lightly
41 Big oaf
43 Pageant crown
44 Apr. 15 payment recipient
47 Box office smash, in slang 48 Paid-for trip
49 Gets ready to drive
51 Swiss currency
53 Worry too much
55 In the very recent past 59 *Storied New York prison
60 Little bit of color
62 *“On the double!”
63 Diva’s delivery
64 “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night …,” for postal workers 65 Sole
66 Cub Scout units
67 *“Amen to that!”
68 Checked out
DOWN
1 Wandering sort 2 Actormcgregor
3 Betting odds
4 Certain hair removal technique 5 “The most powerful drug used by mankind”: Rudyard Kipling
6 Internet address suffix
7 A whole bunch
8 Rolling textual coverage of an event
9 Capital of Ghana 10 Percussion instrument often used in calypso music 11 Typewriter roller
12 Most cunning
14 Zeno, for one
20 Eclipse, for some
22 Setup for a police sting 24 Discounted 50% … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues 26 Network that aired “Happy Days” and “Laverne & Shirley” 27 Morse code unit
28 QB Manning
30 Former Mississippi senator Trent 33 Slip-up
34 Last part of a machine wash 36 Softball designation 38 Imparter of flavor to cabernet sauvignon wines
39 Certain freight car cargo 40 Makeshift donation receptacle 42 Border on
43 Fish sometimes served tartare 44 “So tragic”
45 Give an electrical overhaul 46 Escorted out of the rain, say 48 Feeling “been there, done that,” say
50 Heroic tales
52 Wild party
54 Pit stop replacement, often 56 Greeting at sea
57 Vanished
58 ___ piece
61 Big funder of cultural orgs.