NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Salacious
5 Opposite of loose
9 Galileo, by birth
14 ___ vera
15 Frosty coating
16 Loosen, as a knot
17 Xena, notably
20 Show known for its cold opens, for short
21 Cantankerous
22 Guard’s command
23 Half of a Monopoly pair 25 “Smart as a whip” and “sharp as a tack”
27 Largest lizard on earth (up to 10 feet long)
32 Mideast sultanate 33 Sweet-talk and send chocolates, say
34 Looks lasciviously
38 Sass
39 Toronto landmark that’s the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere 42 Cereal bit
43 Totally lost
45 Funnyman Brooks
46 In years past
47 Who sang the 1973 #1 hit “Midnight Train to Georgia” 51 Request for payment
54 It might be brown or pale 55 Moscow turndown
56 Skulls
60 By way of
63 “Happily ever after” … or what 17-, 27-, 39- or 47-Across has? 66 “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” actress Kemper
67 Tablet released in 2010
68 Tribe that lent its name to a Nebraska county
69 Speaks with a gravelly voice 70 Cuts with shears, maybe
71 “Auld Lang ___”
DOWN
1 Ten Commandments, e.g.
2 Pizazz
3 Some classroom wall hangings
4 ___ Spiegel (German newsmagazine) 5 Garment that may be “dropped” 6 Broadcasts
7 Ones usually found at home 8 Mother ___
9 Many a groan inducer
10 Moving at a snail’s pace
11 Super bargain
12 Political division, metaphorically 13 Locales of wasps and spies
18 ___ coffee
19 Hipster’s “gotcha”
24 Particle in a particle accelerator 26 Secure at shore
27 Kind of nut
28 Leave out
29 Cable channel named for a talk show host
30 One of three in a Morse “S” 31 Spacious
35 What the biblical Methuselah is famous for
36 A pop
37 “Keep as is”
39 The Golden State, familiarly 40 Director Anderson
41 Rocky Mountain National Park sighting 44 It’s all about me, me, me
46 Big Alaska export
48 Bank statement no.
49 Waylay, as a conversation 50 Tandoori bread
51 Deduce
52 Spiral-horned African antelope 53 Some bridal accessories
57 Big name in dog food
58 Kind of tide
59 Modern war hazards, for short
61 Sit ___ (audit) 62 Pulitzer-winning James
64 “You rang?”
65 Salon creations