NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 1129
ACROSS
1 Places for light bites
6 Grand ___ (French wine designation)
9 Tosses up, as an easy question
13 Make into legislation
14 Talking point?
15 Gumbo green
16 Thinking A or B ... hmm ...
18 Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-winning graphic novel
19 Awakens
20 Bottomless chasm
21 Have tired muscles
23 Thinking A ... no, B ... no, A
25 Toot one’s horn
27 ___ Lingus
28 Alternative to an Airbnb
29 “It’s going to have to wait”
34 Adroit
38 Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle’s theme
41 Raisins, sometimes, for a snowman
42 Iconic logo in athletic apparel
43 Peruvian singer Sumac
44 “Targeted” things on the internet
46 In accordance with
48 Thinking A ... but also thinking B? Gah!
55 Very small, informally
56 Window blind elements
57 Super conductors?
59 “___ only” (store sign)
60 Thinking A ... B ... maybe even C?
63 Carpet measurement
64 Traditional Hanukkah gift
65 Pique
66 Musical symbol for silence
67 A man of ___ word
68 Matter of debate
DOWN
1 Corporate VIP
2 Author Patchett
3 “Like that’s ever gonna happen!”
4 REPEATS, repeats, repeats ...
5 Acronym whose “E” stands for “engineering”
6 Tilts
7 Big name in printers and copiers
8 Get value from
9 Hall of Fame coach who purportedly said “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit”
10 Approves
11 Paleontologist’s tool
12 Impudent
14 Arnaz who loved Lucy
17 “Select” or “chosen” quantity
20 What visitors to Niagara Falls are often in
21 Tolerate
22 ___ Island (which is actually a peninsula)
24 Rolling Stones album “Get Yer ___ Out!”
26 “Indeed!,” quaintly
30 Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname
31 What might help wrap up a gift ... or a performance
32 Spanish number
33 Airport served by BART, for short
35 Ancient readers of
the Book of the Dead
36 Running on ___
37 A little emotional, say
39 “Hey, caught ya!”
40 Hip-hop article
45 Twice 32-Down
47 In myth they allure, but on the street they alert
48 “Titanic” award
49 Emergency signal
50 Zaps, in a way
51 National Gallery of Art architect
52 Spots for polish
53 Bad impression?
54 Fast, bygone jet, for short
58 Language spoken along the Mekong
60 “Eww!”
61 Letters for debtors
62 Bread for a patty melt