NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
no. 0209
ACROSS
1 With 6-Across, underwater creature that’s not actually a 6-Across 6 See 1-Across 10 “Let’s go!” 14 MacDonald’s jingle? 15 ___-1 (“Ghostbusters” vehicle) 16 Comb home 17 Part of a palm 18 Reddishpurple side dish 20 Uncle of 1960s TV 22 Security ___ 23 With 25-Across, underwater creature that’s not actually a 25-Across 25 See 23-Across 28 Kazakhstan’s ___ Sea 31 Conformists, metaphorically 32 Mythical ship that sailed to Colchis 33 Burglarize 34 Lieu 35 Gas brand with a triangular logo 36 With 38-Across, underwater creature that’s not actually a 38-Across (nor a 36-Across, for that matter) 38 See 36-Across 39 Classical performance hall 40 High-ranking Turkish officer 43 ___ Jemison, first Black woman in space 44 Actress Diana of “The Avengers” 45 Arouse, as interest 46 Remain to be seen 47 With 48-Across, underwater creature that’s certainly not a 48-Across 48 See 47-Across 50 Capital that ends with its state’s first two letters 52 Yankees’ div. 56 They’re chucked in a chuck and bored in a board 59 Have a soak 60 Juno’s husband 61 Rings at a luau 62 The Ivy League schools, e.g. 63 Gets the picture 64 With 65-Across, underwater creature that actually is a 65-Across despite a common misconception 65 See 64-Across
DOWN
1 Actor Goldblum of “The Fly” 2 Cork’s land 3 Proud, loyal types, it’s said 4 Window frame part 5 Sing in a high range? 6 It changes length every four years: Abbr. 7 It’s often made hot and served cold 8 Had the wheel 9 Insight from an insider 10 Latte option 11 Beer o’clock, in commercials 12 Egg cells 13 Leftorium owner on “The Simpsons” 19 Kind of fly 21 Pauses from playing 24 That, in Italian 26 Doctor ___ (Sonic the Hedgehog villain) 27 cc’d, with “in” 28 Equips for battle 29 One who sets the stage 30 Rare blood type 32 Word before drop or ball 34 Virtual city dweller 35 “___-ching!” 37 Barge tower 38 Biblical queendom 40 More difficult to please 41 Like the five animals in this puzzle’s theme 42 45, for each row and column in a sudoku grid 45 Southwest settlement 46 “You said it!” 48 Sgt.’s inferior 49 Place to find a crook 51 Corrida cheers 53 Lead-in to girl 54 Author Silverstein 55 French “noodle” 56 45 spinners 57 Preschool group? 58 Org. for retirees