N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Willy of “Free Willy,” e.g. 5 Kind of breath 10 Transportation for Mary Poppins or E.T. 14 Bit of office greenery 15 Forge a deal, say 16 How a sale item may be sold 17 United Nations headquarters decoration 18 Nursery worker’s suggestion for a backstabber? 20 Gets more clearheaded 22 Pontius ___ 23 Part of a place setting 24 Killer bees and others 25 Shrew 27 Ones cutting in line, e.g. 28 Tennis’s Ivanovic 29 Former New York governor Spitzer 31 Deuces 35 Peaks: Abbr. 36 … for a scoundrel?
39 Physicist Georg 40 Ask, as a riddle 42 Run away (with) 43 The Tigers of the S.E.C. 44 Responds hotly? 47 Atmospheric phenomenon during low temperatures 49 Mujer of mixed race
52 Noted filmmaker with a dog named Indiana
53 Milanese fashion house
54 Overly devoted son
57 … for a fall guy? 59 Connecticut Ivy 60 Away from a chat program, say 61 It’s debatable 62 From the top 63 Cartoon collectibles 64 Wheel– barrow or thimble, in Monopoly 65 Line parts: Abbr.
DOWN
1 Does a mob hit on
2 Move, to a Realtor
3 … for a grouch? 4 German chancellor Merkel 5 Extended piece by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin or John Entwistle of the Who 6 ___ Dei 7 Snare 8 Cry at a horror house 9 Like the diving end of a pool vis-à-vis the other end 10 Gas balloon supply 11 “Shaft” composer Hayes 12 Kunta ___ of “Roots” 13 ___ Park, Colo. 19 Rosy 21 Was fierce, as a storm 24 “I second that” 25 Improvise musically 26 “What’s gotten ___ you?” 27 Features of a droopy face 30 Sinatra’s “___ Kick Out of You”
32 … for a lothario? 33 Extremely 34 Selfsatisfied 37 Old-time drug hangout 38 Bing Crosby’s record label 41 Millionaires’ properties 45 One in Munich 46 Rapper who hosted MTV’s “Pimp My Ride” 48 Light courses? 49 Illusions 50 Wear away, as a bank 51 Picayune 52 Lash ___ of old westerns 54 Purchase for Halloween 55 Designer Cassini 56 Trees for making longbows 58 Spanish “that”