THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 ___ jacket (bit of casualwear)
5 Dish that’s sometimes rated in “alarms”
10 Curds and ___
14 Wagon part
15 Like much music
16 In fine fettle
17 Widespread
18 1960s activist Hoffman
19 Has
20 ___ friends (not having to be on one’s guard)
22 Quaint inn, informally
24 Cry after “Ready!”
25 Muffed one
27 Bearlike
29 Powerful Renaissance family
32 A book collector might seek a first one
33 Available
34 Spanish girlfriend 35 Italy’s shape
36 Setting for much of the movie “Lion”
38 Zippo
42 People encountered by Pizarro
44 Things ghosts lack
46 Riga native
49 Charms
50 In addition
51 What tryptophan is said to induce
52 Place to go for a “me day”
53 Munchkins
55 Nash who wrote “Parsley / Is gharsley”
59 Turner or Fey
61 Bother greatly
63 Tell to “Do it!”
64 Lead-in to a conclusion
65 Movie, informally
66 Class with mats
67 Feature of a late-night show set 68 Words to live by
69 Catch sight of
DOWN
1 Morning joe
2 Start of many a doctor’s visit
3 In addition
4 Outcome that’s overall unfavorable
5 Windy City ‘L’ overseer
6 Imaginary tiger friend in the comics
7 Not on good terms (with)
8 Done nothing
9 Infamous prison featured in the 1969 best seller “Papillon”
10 “___ knew?”
11 Southernmost U.S. state
12 Weather concern in 11-Down
13 Lackeys
21 Sheepish look
23 Two-masted vessel
26 Socialist Workers Party’s ideology
28 Honest sorts … or what the circled squares contain?
29 Palindromic boy’s name
30 “Be My Yoko ___” (first single by Barenaked Ladies)
31 Pi’s follower
32 Former Big Four record co.
34 They’re taken out in newspapers
37 Palindromic girl’s name
39 Lungful
40 Hollywood ending?
41 Nincompoop
43 River that feeds Lake Nasser
45 Topping in kosher restaurants
46 Didn’t run out
47 Have dreams
48 Features of some country singers
49 Region on the Rhine
51 Took effect
54 Area between mountains
56 Plunge
57 Breakfast food with a rhyming slogan
58 In order
60 Totally fine
62 Box office purchase: Abbr.