Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 Cinnamon or
cardamom
6 Big-ticket ___ 10 From the
beginning
14 Hot drink with
marshmallows 15 Foal’s mother
16 Sweeping tale 17 Signs that it’s time to take out the trash
18 “Toy Story” dachshund with a springy body 20 This emoticon:
;-)
22 Gather together 23 ___ Vegas Aces (W.N.B.A. team)
24 Assistance
25 Spot for a card skimmer, in brief
26 L.A. winter
clock setting 27 Pressed one’s
luck
32 “Defend the rights of all people nationwide” org. 35 Vegetarian street food known for its distinct smell
37 Pork portion
38 Oscar winner
Mahershala
39 Singer Diana with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
40 Tony Awardwinning musical with the song “Sex Is in the Heel”
44 “Don’t worry
about me!”
45 One with unselfish motivations
46 Trojans’ sch. 48 Condition that may involve repetitive behavior, for short
49 Variety
50 “Mamma ___!” 53 Follow, as a
package
56 Little finger
adornment
59 Small-time
61 Basil-based sauce Target for salicylic acid A single time Eroded, with “away”
A school one starts in the fall Top part
In a sneaky way
DOWN
1 Disapproving
look
2 Speakers’
platforms
3 Revered
celebrities
4 Champagne
stopper
5 Classes that are
hard to fail
6 :-(
7 After-bath
powder
8 Great Lake with a vowel-heavy name
9 “It’s Raining
___”
10 Like a dress with a diagonal hemline, say
11 Nothing, in
Mexico 62 63 64 65 66 67 12 “Me, me, me”
attitudes
13 Moves excitedly, like a puppy’s tail
19 “Misery” co-star
Bates
21 “If the shoe ___
...”
25 Inquire
26 Hard-edged, anticorporate musician
27 Cockpit figure 28 Liter or meter 29 Gloom’s partner 30 “Assuming
that’s true ...” 31 Walrus feature 32 ___-Seltzer
33 Spring’s shape 34 Bellybutton
buildup
36 New Mexico art
community
41 Gross
42 Make an offer
at an auction
43 Wallow moodily 47 Makes a certain
video call
49 Tatted
50 Like areas around waterfalls
PUZZLE BY NATE CARDIN
51 Spy’s gathering 52 Ecstasy’s
opposite
53 Cafeteria food
holder
54 Serving with
chop suey
55 Elsa’s sister in
“Frozen”
56 Christmas tree,
often
57 Machu Picchu
resident
58 Not fake
60 Homer Simpson
exclamation