NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
no. 0806
ACROSS
1 K follower 5 Run for it! 9 Ingredient separated and whipped in meringue 13 One with a title 14 Purloin 15 TV host with the memoir “Born a Crime” 16 “Hoarders” network 17 Novelist Walker 18 Major-___ 19 Political party founded in 1966 22 Oh, it’s nothing 23 Perimeter of a billiards table 24 Devil dog 26 Speakeasy, by another name 29 “Bye-bye” 30 Mailroom stamp: Abbr. 31 ___ vez (again, in Spanish) 33 T-shirt choices, for short 34 Shortly before the events of the New Testament 36 Wyatt, Virgil or Morgan of the Old West 38 “Praise be to ___” 42 Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic 44 Up votes 46 Woman’s name that means “violet” 47 Pushes to the side 50 Like the Kardashians’ heritage 52 Sole proprietorship? 54 They might help you get a grip 55 Little downtime 56 Saying “You’ve never looked better,” maybe 60 Chorus at an arena de fútbol 62 Time off 63 Inland’s opposite 64 Sage 65 Hard hit, in baseball lingo 66 Wear in ancient Rome 67 Many a country road 68 Brand of “anti-aging” products 69 Fr. religious figures
DOWN
1 [blown kiss] 2 Author of “Interview With the Vampire” 3 Old Glory 4 Hesitant to act 5 What a foul mouth is full of? 6 Counselor to Job 7 Get into 8 Container brand that lost its trademark status in 1963 9 Terminus 10 “I’ll be right behind you” 11 Main Las Vegas industry 12 Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019 13 Clif Bar bit 14 MuggleNet, for Harry Potter devotees 20 Prime Cuts and T-Bonz brand 21 Actress Hayek 25 It might prevent an overload of the power grid 26 Compadre 27 ___ Wiseman, director of “Total Recall” 28 & 32 Ambiguity … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 35 Is allowed to, quaintly 37 Significant other 39 DC reporter 40 Carrier to Tokyo 41 Chick magnet? 43 Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle’s theme 45 Air apparent? 47 Gene with a large ’stache of films? 48 “Fingers crossed!” 49 Cirque du ___ 51 Passes 52 “Grimms’ Fairy Tales” heroine 53 Starter course? 57 Two-time Tony-winning actress Judith 58 Goddess often depicted holding an ankh 59 And so on: Abbr. 61 Mo. when Oktoberfest starts