NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 1109
ACROSS
1 Network for Norah
O’Donnell
4 One with many
priors, maybe 9 Leaflike plant part 14 NASA’s “all good” 15 Like 80% of the
Arabian Peninsula 16 Spoiler alert! It’s
bacteria!
17 Workers at the rear
of some flat boats? 19 Kind of situation
that’s hopeless 20 Activity that involves
shape shifting 21 Musical Horne 23 Squeeze (out) 24 “The very ___!” 25 Result of dropping a
tray of coffee drinks? 28 Michelle of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” 30 Cousins of
cassowaries 31 Keyboard key not found on smartphones 34 Two-handed gesture 36 Shrunken snack item 39 “Not that shrink!”? 43 Dried version of the
almost-ripe poblano 44 Last bit
45 See 65-Down 46 Slosh against, as
the shore
49 “Ah”
51 Tally of samples at a
geology competition? 54 Salt and pepper or
peanut butter and jelly 58 It’s rarely taken at
night
59 Party game choice 60 Pigment akin to
ocher or umber 62 Love of Charles Foster Kane in “Citizen Kane” 64 Thoroughly ... or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle 66 Coveted cup
67 “My ___” (medieval
term of address) 68 TV dad on “Black-ish” 69 Finks
70 Has a bias 71 Appropriate answer for this spot in the puzzle
DOWN
1 Sights around Joshua
Tree National Park 2 Regularly checking
the time, maybe 3 Pass quickly (over) 4 Prosecco alternative, familiarly 5 Iconic feature of the Who’s “My Generation”
6 Seat in Parliament? 7 Scott who wrote
“The Black Pearl” 8 Bad listening ability 9 One running for
Congress?
10 Prefix with -cide 11 Confidenceboosting corporate attire
12 How most stormtroopers look in “Star Wars” 13 Having wrinkles 18 Grow threadbare 22 Unspecified ordinal 26 Excellent, in dated
slang
27 Surname at the
O.K. Corral 29 Special effects devices at a rock concert 31 Org. with grants for
asbestos removal 32 Doubly
hyphenated fig. 33 Huge 35 Academic’s
credential 37 Surveillance org. 38 Shortening used
for shortening 40 Toast
41 Cleveland abuts it 42 Indication to stop
playing, perhaps 47 Former Arkansas
governor Hutchinson 48 Delight 50 One-on-one
Olympic event 51 Makes out, in Britain 52 ___ pants
53 Start of a counting
rhyme
55 Part of some cells 56 Store, as ashes 57 Follower of G or X 61 Full moon period on the Roman lunar calendar 63 Fix unfairly
65 With 45-Across, Northwest airport, in brief