Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Green letters?
4 Place for a
ceremony
9 Means of support
13 Carbonated
citrus drink
15 One living south of the Sooner State
16 Cease fighting [Opposite of 61-Across?]
17 Request in blackjack [Opposite of 48-Across?]
18 ___ Timor (nation
near Indonesia)
19 Lebron James,
notably
21 Mens ___ (guilty
mind)
22 “And the ___
goes to …”
25 Cut communication [Opposite of 63-Across?] 27 Some fast food [Opposite of 50-Across?]
30 Judge’s garment
31 Piercing tool
32 Wombs
34 Place to find gold … that’s not yours?
38 Some grammatical no-nos … or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle?
42 ___ mater
43 Egg-shaped
44 Long time
45 Sign in a school
zone
48 Text to someone who’s been away for a while [Opposite of 17-Across?]
50 Submit [Opposite
of 27-Across?]
53 Not shiny 54 ___-friendly
55 Glum sort
57 Simplicity
61 Simple exercise [Opposite of 16-Across?]
63 Traffic regulator [Opposite of 25-Across?]
66 Is rife (with)
67 Promotional event at a dealership
68 Messes up
69 Three-pointers,
in basketball
70 Abbr. on
toothpaste tubes
DOWN
1 Otherwise
2 Org. opposed to
wearing fur
3 Amo, ___, amat
…
4 “Also …”
5 It might cause
someone to trip
6 “No point in trying at this point”
7 Coke vs. Pepsi,
e.g.
8 Put in order
9 Flowery necklace
10 Bonus
11 Player with a
console
12 Move covertly
14 Like a ballerina,
often
15 Pulse painfully
20 Inner self, in
psychology 23 Inner self, in
religion
24 Adorable
26 Singer Lovato
27 “Behold!”
28 Missing
29 Heidi of “America’s Got Talent”
30 Annoying process
33 Fire up
35 Alabama
governor Kay ___ 36 Infamous Roman
37 Genesis twin
39 Foundation
40 Tussling
41 Assessment
46 Hobbles along
47 Musician Yoko
49 “You
understand?”
50 “Beau ___”
(1924 novel)
51 More slippery, in
a way 52 Party person? 53 Yard alternative 56 “Over here!”
58 Turkish title of respect
59 Covered, as feet
60 Active volcano in Italy
62 Speech stumbles 64 Layer 65 ___ Vegas