N.Y.TimesCrosswordPuzzle
Across
1 Disney deer 6 Singer Guthrie 10 “– – –” units in
Morse code 14 Epic poem in
Homeric Greek 15 Russian revolutionary Trotsky 16 ___ Bator, capital
of Mongolia 17 Miles Davis classic that’s the all-time bestselling jazz album 19 The “M” of MSG 20 The night before
Christmas, e.g. 21 French yeses 22 Despise 23 Video camera
button 24 “Oh, I’m not
messing around!” 26 One of Cuba’s
Castro brothers 28 Links org. 29 Worker at a bank
or museum 31 Competent 34 Decorates, as a
cake 38 Having initial success … as suggested by the beginnings of 17-, 24-, 47- and 60-Across? 41 Pour love (on) 42 Underground
part of a plant 43 Itty-bitty 44 Used a shovel 46 Out of whack 47 Big member of
the string section 53 Morsel a horse’ll
enjoy 56 What the Grim
Reaper brings 57 Rubber ducky’s
place 58 Member of a
Western tribe 59 Art ___ (architectural style) 60 Neon, argon and
krypton 63 “Have you ___
wondered …?” 64 “Puppy Love”
singer Paul 65 Fold in a dress 66 Cincinnati ball
club 67 Things “split” in
green soup 68 Looks to be
Down
1 Motorcycle gang
member 2 Sexiest Man ___
(annual award)
Puzzle by Sam Buchbinder 3 Video game franchise whose players gather natural resources 4 Rotten 5 Wedding words 6 Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore 7 Got going again,
as a fire 8 Pretty terrible 9 This clue’s number minus eight 10 Elevator for transporting food 11 Luau greeting 12 Vietnam’s
capital 13 Embarrassing sound to suddenly make while laughing 18 Terrible-smelling 22 Last full month of
summer: Abbr. 24 Olympic sport
from Japan 25 Piece that seeks
to persuade 27 Professionals who work with graphic designers 29 Hades, Hermes
or Hephaestus 30 Alien’s ride, for
short 31 “A long time ___
…” 32 Shout that might give you goose bumps 33 Place to park 35 “Is the view OK?” 36 Locales staffed
by M.D.s 37 Very dirty room,
you might say 39 Cry of frustration 40 Uses needle and
thread 45 “I hate it!” 46 Tennis legend
Arthur 47 Milk source 48 Really annoy 49 Sped 50 Steakhouse
option 51 Coffeecake with cross-sectional swirls 52 What can show
you the world? 54 First-stringers 55 Things that might end with “Pencils down!” 60 Get some afternoon rest, say 61 Letters that bookend the phrase “Google Maps,” aptly 62 The “A” of I.P.A.