N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “That ___ a close one!” 4 “Fingers crossed!” 9 Numbers for sports analysts 14 Everyone 15 A physicist or a fashion designer might work with one 16 Hall-ofFamer Banks a.k.a. “Mr. Cub” 17 ___ sauce (sushi condiment) 18 One reading secret messages 20 Edible casing in a stir-fry 22 Singer Carly ___ Jepsen 23 Narrow cut 24 Vends 26 Goddess who lent her name to the capital of Greece

28 Professional joke teller 32 Half-___ (java order) 33 Karl who co-wrote a manifesto 34 Home that may be made of logs 38 Pleasant smell 41 Collectible animation frame

42 Swiss Army

___ 43 Point of

connection 44 Revise, as

text

46 Org. that might ask you to remove your shoes 47 Health professional who has your back? 51 Quick races

54 Title woman in songs by the Beatles and the Spinners 55 Brainstorming output

56 ___ Vegas 59 “Amen to that!”

62 Apt command to an 18-, 28- or 47-Across 65 Actress Mendes

66 Hilo hello 67 Home made of hides 68 1980s gaming console, in brief 69 Mortise’s counterpart 70 Department store that once had a noted catalog

71 Like deserts and some humor

DOWN

1 The “murder hornet” is one

2 ___ vera (cream ingredient) 3 Quite cunning 4 “Brrr!” 5 Ruffian 6 Peculiar 7 Person equal to you

8 Idris of TV’s “Luther” 9 “Believe me now?”

10 Item rolled to the curb for a pickup

11 Joint below the knee 12 Crosspromotion 13 Sealy competitor 19 500 sheets of paper 21 Farm enclosure 25 Orthodontic device 27 Target of a camper’s scalp-to-toe inspection 28 Digitize, in a way

29 Set to zero, as a scale

30 Words to live by

31 Yellow flowers in the primrose family 35 Conclusion a die-hard might stay for

36 “Should that be the case …”

37 Close by 39 Hombre-tobe, perhaps 40 Tennis great

Arthur 45 Fitness coach

48 Gran

Canaria or Mallorca, por ejemplo

49 Wise

sayings

50 Nicotine source, informally 51 Try to unearth 52 One-named singer of 2011’s “Someone Like You” 53 New Jersey’s ___ Hall University 57 Headings in a playbill

58 ___-Ball

60 Penultimate word in many fairy tales

61 “No sweat!” 63 Went on, as errands

64 Hoppy beer choice, briefly