NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 0205
ACROSS
1 UFO crew, supposedly
4 Mimicked
8 Light bulb, in a comic strip
12 Soaks up some rays
14 Duck known for its soft down
16 Smallest unit of life
17 Peach or beech
18 Underwater divers’ aids
20 Lowest numbered club for a golfer
22 Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
23 “When the moon hits your eye like a big ___, that’s amore” (Dean Martin lyric)
25 Datum for a basketball point guard 28 Deutschland denial
29 Rite Aid competitor
31 Show respect for
32 Many a GI
34 Break bread
36 Nanny : goat :: ___ : sheep
37 “Wanna take this outside?,” e.g ... or what are found four times in this puzzle’s theme
42 Can material
43 Maple product
44 “___ to Billie Joe” (1967 #1 hit)
45 Commonly sprained joint
48 Prefix that means “bad”
50 Dutch cheese
53 Stones embedded in a crown 55 Influence through close contact
58 Moved smoothly
60 Bygone Japanese camera brand
61 Weird Al Yankovic medley that features “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls
64 Landing spot for Santa
65 Delta deposit
66 What’s in style
67 Pub projectile
68 To boot
69 Fool (with)
70 Passengerscreening org.
DOWN
1 Legally prohibit
2 Submit, as homework
3 Reason to say “Gesundheit!”
4 Famed fable writer
5 Meal on a blanket
6 College email suffix
7 Red ink, so to speak
8 “You underestimate me!”
9 Governed by fate
10 Rocky Mountain ___ (state animal of Utah)
11 Politicians Gore and Franken
13 Taking by force
15 “Ta-___ Boom-de-ay”
19 Netlike fabric
21 Cattle farmer’s land
24 What “E” stands for in golf
26 Female pigs
27 Uno + due 30 Droop
33 Tie-breaking periods, for short
35 What it takes to tango
37 “OK, have it your way!”
38 What quill pens are dipped in
39 Sam-___ (Seuss character)
40 Greek theater
41 Robert ___, Paul Newman’s co-star in “The Sting”
42 ___ Mahal
46 Surreptitiously give, as classified information
47 “Frozen” queen
49 Light units 51 Opposite of sinking
52 The “M” of GM
54 Labor Day’s mo.
56 Eagles and falcons
57 Can./U.S./Mex. treaty
59 Campus building
61 “Don’t text and drive” ad, e.g.
62 Dipstick coating 63 Itsy-bitsy