NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Part of the leg between the knee and ankle
5 Certain athletic honorees, for short
9 Lodging near a highway interchange 14 Crazy, in
Cancún
15 Strap attached to a horse’s bit
16 Proverbial
saying
17 Enthusiastic 18 Crumbly
salad cheese 19 Karate
studios
20 Dinosaur whose name means “swift seizer”
23 Sneaky devil 24 Cause for a
confession
25 To the ___
degree
28 Impose
(upon)
31 Bonus
performance 33 Total pro
36 Dinosaur whose name means “winged finger”
38 Designer
Chanel
40 Fooled
41 Indefinite
quantity
42 Dinosaur whose name means “threehorned face” 47 Barbie’s beau 48 Easter decorating need
49 Rip into bits 51 Insult,
informally
52 Prefix with genetics or Pen 54 Go by, as time 58 Dinosaur whose name means “thunder lizard”
61 Sci. class for many future pre-meds
64 Jason’s ship,
in Greek myth 65 ___ a move (start dancing)
66 Gem from an
oyster
67 Fully cooked, as steak
68 Falco of “Nurse Jackie”
69 Letters on a
gearshift
70 Crossed
(out)
71 A buck or
two?
DOWN 1 Many Balkan
inhabitants 2 Squalid
dwelling
3 In a standoffish manner
4 Fall asleep on the couch, perhaps
5 Handy Andy, by another name
6 Go off course
suddenly
7 Gyro bread
8 Loses it
9 One-named singer called the “Queen of Pop”
10 Bad smell
11 ___ Mahal
12 Narcissist’s
problem
13 “___ Miz”
21 Henhouse
22 Like the score
4-4
25 Unacceptable 26 “I might, if you’re willing to ask”
27 ___ of Troy 29 Genesis console maker
30 Steady equestrian gaits
32 Loops into an online convo
33 Played
a role
34 Buckingham Palace dog breed
35 Modern
smokes
37 Alternatively,
in a text
39 Condition that may involve repetitive urges, for short
43 Reaction of silent but obvious disapproval 44 Car at an auction, maybe 45 Reserved for a select customer
46 Actress Ward 50 Applied, as foundation or powder
53 Filled with
wonder
55 One who’s easily shocked or scandalized 56 “Wake Up Little ___” (1957 hit for the Everly Brothers)
57 Perfuming
compound 58 Loon or dodo 59 “King” of this
puzzle?
60 Rudely stare
61 Zoom, for one 62 The “p” of
m.p.h.
63 Prohibit