NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Scotch ___
(3M product) 5 Olympic martial
art since 1964 9 Apt rhyme for
“slams”
14 Do as one’s told 15 Sailing the ocean 16 Roomba or
Automower
17 Go strolling
19 One end of
a battery 20 Squirrel’s stash 21 Sub at an office 23 Two-finger victory
sign
24 Use, as a towel
at the shore 25 Outdoor concert
stage
27 Doozy
29 Canal to the
Red Sea
30 Stiff test
35 Fuss in front
of a mirror 38 Legacy ISP 39 Immunity tokens
on “Survivor” 41 Genetic
messenger 42 Sings out with
a lot of power 45 Turnpike feature made obsolescent by electronic passes
48 Sushi bar drink 50 Metal for a girder 51 Gel-filled NyQuil
offerings 55 Post-OR stop 59 Post-OR stop 60 Warsaw
resident 61 Wildly absurd,
colloquially
62 Chef De Laurentiis of the Food Network 64 Unresolved details ... and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 66 Subs at a deli 67 Start a poker pot 68 Menu bar option 69 Big obstacles at a
golf course 70 Where to buy
shares of GM 71 Easter egg
colorings
DOWN
1 Completely wreck 2 Early calculators 3 Black tea variety 4 “You’ve got to be
kidding” reaction 5 Film with the line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”
6 Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the ___” 7 Airline with its main hub in Atlanta
8 Like many chardonnay barrels 9 Brings to a close 10 Sweetie 11 Warmer than freezing, on the Celsius scale 12 One posing for
an artist
13 Metal for a girder 18 Declare invalid, as
a marriage 22 OB-GYNs and
36-Downs
25 ___ cake (ringshaped dessert) 26 What’s-___-name 28 Garland gift in
Hawaii 30 Ride that’s hailed 31 Weeder’s tool 32 Even-steven 33 Slimy stuff 34 “Black-ish” co-star
Tracee ___ Ross 36 Sinus specialist,
for short
37 “I don’t think so” 40 35 mm camera
type, in brief 43 Letter after sigma 44 Ticket granting access to the slopes
46 Carried 47 Tournament
favorite
49 Green: Prefix 51 Traffic signal 52 Less welcoming 53 Writer
Edgar ___ Poe 54 Spring bloom 56 Skillful with home
repairs
57 Actress MacDowell 58 One-ups 61 “Gotcha”
63 Stag’s mate 65 Tiebreakers in
hoops