NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Anger
4 Theda of silent films
8 “Three ___!” (1986 western comedy) 14 Parts of clown costumes
16 Raiser of alarm in a coal mine
17 You might dip a 15-Down in this before
writing something
18 Small part in a superhero film?
19 Wild guess
20 Baseball’s Slammin’ Sammy
22 Take care of, as a task
23 Gaping mouth
24 Ruined, as a martini, per 007
26 You might dip a 25-Down in this to test
the water
31 Had words (with)
32 Performs, as a historical event
36 Things set on windowsills to cool
37 Forbid
38 ___ Zor-el (Supergirl’s real name) 39 Candy ___ (hospital volunteers)
42 Shakespeare’s fairy king
44 You might dip 37-Down in this at a
dinner party
46 Sweet Italian wine
49 LAX’S counterpart in northern California 50 Thrill
51 One getting suckered
53 Japanese speaker brand
57 Luxury watch brand
59 You might dip a 55-Down in this to make
a candle
61 Short-story writer famous for twist
endings
62 Basic pizza serving
63 Strappy footwear
64 Zippo
65 B’way buy
DOWN
1 Tall purple flower 2 Flatfee?
3 Classic Icelandic saga
4 Showy bit of neckwear
5 “To repeat myself …”
6 Fame
7 Inquires
8 Landmark health legislation of 2010,
for short
9 Many a home with a circular
driveway
10 Swiss tourist destination
11 Xbox expert, say
12 Speak grandly
13 Church council
15 See 17-Across
21 Western resort town on the Roaring
Fork River
23 Married mlle.
25 See 26-Across
26 Drains
27 ___ large
28 Robert ___, longtime Disney C.E.O. 29 Score keeper?
30 Blades that don’t cut … but that are
themselves cut
33 King or queen
34 Pants, in slang
35 Levelheaded
37 See 44-Across
40 Wife of Theseus
41 Fish that’s poisonous unless cooked 42 Made a bid of
43 “That’s not fair!”
45 Neighbor of Francia
46 Office notes
47 Hi, in HI
48 Bird that “quoth” in a Poe poem
52 Atop
53 Inits. in a 1955 union merger
54 “___ walks like a duck …”
55 See 59-Across
56 Working without ___
58 Popeye’s Olive
60 Simile’s center