N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Indian royal 6 Egypt’s pyramids of ___
10 Polluted air 14 Honda luxury brand
15 Have ___ (be well connected) 16 Actress Kathryn of “WandaVision” 17 Severely injures
18 James who likes his martinis “shaken, not stirred” 19 Woman’s name that anagrams to GOAL 20 Instagram upload, for short 21 Brewery jug 24 British noble 26 Bug spray ingredient 27 Conger, e.g. 28 Largest speaker in a sound system, usually
31 Posh
33 Jack who pioneered late-night talk 34 Golfer’s target 35 “Funny!”
36 Like wine that’s given a chance to “breathe” before drinking
38 ___ Stone (hieroglyphics key) 42 “___ the
Damn Season” (2020
Taylor Swift song)
43 Mooch, as a cigarette
44 Org. with 50+ members 45 Expel, as waste 48 Longtime host of “The Price Is Right” 50 University of Tennessee athlete, for short
51 Chicago mayor Lightfoot 53 Like “manspreading” on public transportation
54 Power user of a popular review site, colloquially 57 Fashionable 60 Classic theater name
61 Careen 62 Stinky smells 64 Scissors sound
65 Book after II Chronicles 66 Oblong tomatoes 67 Fiona or Shrek
68 Quaint affirmative 69 15-percenter DOWN
1 A.D.A.compliant entrance feature
2 Smoothie berry
3 Business where all the employees blend together? 4 Sleeve filler 5 Big name in board games
6 Comedy’s Kaplan or baseball’s Kapler
7 Correctly arranged
8 Snappy putdown
9 ___ 3000, one half of rap’s Outkast
10 Have a visible baby bump 11 Whack-amole whacker 12 “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” 13 Awesome, in surf-speak 22 Says “I do” without the ado?
23 Others, in Oaxaca
25 “Darn it!” 28 Place for a mud facial 29 Country with the world’s tallest building, for short
30 Furbys or fidget spinners, once
32 Gossip starter 35 Man of
Mexico
37 Mister President or Madam Speaker 38 Barbecue coating
39 Earn after tax
40 Uno, due, ___
41 Earth Day’s mo.
43 If they leak, you may find yourself in hot water 45 Extremely 46 Run out to catch a deep pass
47 Magic potion 48 Light wind 49 Northern lights phenomenon
52 Yiddish “Yikes!” 55 “Sorry, you’re just not my ___”
56 Baby carriage, to Brits 58 Country across the Persian Gulf from the 29Down 59 Vowelless attentiongetter
63 Animal you might describe by the ends of 21-, 28-,
48- and 54Across