NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Car seen at a charging station 6 Waze technology, for short 9 Company behind the Veg-o-matic 14 Big name in pest control
15 Load from a lode
16 Burger topper
17 “You want to fight?!”
19 River to Le Havre 20 Monogram on handbags 21 Threw one’s hat in the ring 22 Notes reachable by sopranos 23 Bulky herbivorous dinosaur 27 Hawaiian tuna
28 Really enjoy
30 Roll up, as a sail
31 Creative person’s inspiration 32 “Curiously strong” mint
34 Ralph who wrote “Unsafe at Any Speed”
36 Part of a meal that the British call “afters”
38 State of one’s hair after a night’s sleep
42 Verse of lament
44 “The Karate Kid” master 45 Instagram and Pinterest, for two 48 Card for Boardwalk or Park Place 50 Medium for the old Encarta encyclopedia
51 Cry from Scrooge
52 Bad move
54 :-)
56 Frequently, in verse 57 Pint-size prankster
60 Fished for congers, e.g. 61 Ill-defined situations … as seen four times in this puzzle?
64 “Send me!”
65 Rustic stopover
66 Wears stylishly, in slang 67 Apply, as a coat of paint
68 Eggy drink
69 Message with a hashtag
DOWN
1 Country singer ___ Keith
2 Goes wrong
3 Vail conveyances
4 “Hamilton” creator ___-Manuel Miranda 5 “Hulk” director Lee
6 Flunked
7 Me, myself or I
8 One with a six-year term: Abbr. 9 Violinist’s application
10 Universal donor’s blood type, informally 11 Hawaii’s “Forbidden Isle” 12 Seashells used as trumpets 13 Baby’s bodysuit 18 Golden-years fund, for short
22 World Poker Tour game
24 Gives a boost
25 Archangel in “Paradise Lost” 26 Lacking pizazz
28 Gallivant (about)
29 ___ Kirk Christiansen, inventor of 55-Down
31 Evil alter ego in a Robert Louis Stevenson story
33 1992 rap song that popularized the term “bootylicious”
35 Decree
37 Neutrogena dandruff shampoo
39 Part of a hearing aid
40 Before now
41 ___-witted
43 “Which is it going to be?” 45 Descend by rope, as in mountaineering 46 Anderson of “Baywatch”
47 City where “Rocky” is set, informally 49 Render harmless
52 Made a meal of
53 Where slop is served
55 Plastic brick brand
58 Car brand
59 “Hey, buddy!”
61 Tonic’s partner
62 What curators curate
63 Theater ticket datum