NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Proverbs and the like 11 Upscale hotel amenities
15 The U.S.S.R., to Reagan 16 Opposite of slack
17 All over the place
18 What Zeus trapped Typhon under, in myth
19 Ena in “Bambi,” e.g.
20 Free
22 Like some bad next-door neighbors
25 Cause to recall? 26 Instrumental that might accompany a blooper reel 30 Natural flavorer of Scotch 32 Cure-all
33 When doubled, enthusiastic 35 Love is sometimes compared to one
37 Idiosyncrasy
38 Internet user’s aid 41 Calculating sort, in brief 42 Eliciting an “Eww!” 44 Middle of Q3 on co. reports 45 Noted surname among 1973 Yale Law graduates 47 Where Warren Buffett sells an annual lunch date for charity 49 Soul group that did the soundtrack for “Car Wash” 51 Vast quantity
53 Herald
54 Island shelters? 57 Shakespeare’s “poor venomous fool”
60 Not to mention? 61 Dogmatic sorts 65 Cheaper option of a tech device, maybe
66 Vibe
67 Sharp quality
68 High light?
DOWN
1 Select ___
2 Who wrote “Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace”
3 Venice Film Festival locale
4 Sheet by a bed, perhaps 5 Basketball Hall-of-famer Unseld 6 Small handful
7 They’ll surely be mist
8 Losing effort
9 Speaking engagement? 10 Battlefield cry
11 Girded
12 Androcentric social system
13 Ena in “Bambi,” e.g.
14 Not go anywhere
21 Awesome song, in modern slang 23 Singer Williams of the Temptations 24 Classic source of damask 26 Appropriately named brand of coolers 27 Title literary character who exclaims “How puzzling all these changes are!” 28 Relative of karate
29 “All systems ___!”
31 “Me Against the World” rapper
34 ___ pants
36 Up (for)
39 Sought help from
40 Something opened in hot water 43 Marina frequenter, informally
46 Jack ___, Alec Baldwin’s “30 Rock” role 48 ___ high
50 “Already?”
52 Like some kites
54 A lot to read
55 During
56 Name that’s 53-Across backward 58 Doesn’t settle in advance, say 59 Country where Quechua and Aymara are spoken
62 Tab that’s paid for illegally? 63 German grandparent
64 Cotton, starting in 2015: Abbr.