NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 0215
ACROSS
1 Throw in
4 Not fixable, as an
error
9 Group whose full name translates as “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” 12 Hit or miss, perhaps 14 It makes you “dance down the street with a cloud at your feet,” in a 1953 hit
15 Red ___ (serving at a
Carolina barbecue) 16 People also known
as the Cat Nation 17 Powered down, in
a way
18 “The pause that refreshes” sloganeer, once 19 Disturb, in a way 21 Bill supporting
public television 22 Told where to go, say 23 Use X-ray vision on 25 Graceful
27 Make love? 28 So-called “missing
links”
29 Chignon, for one 31 In the past
32 Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle’s circled squares
41 State in debate 42 Phenomenon nicknamed “Karl” in San Francisco 43 Biblical site of a
burning bush 44 Soft rock
45 Doctor for kids 47 Cleans (up) 48 Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River 49 Garden party annoyance, colloquially 51 Spider web, effectively 52 Part of a pen name? 53 Philanthropy 55 Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos 59 Results of some
dating app matches 63 Hoodwink
64 Fat substitute 65 Second of five? 66 Totally pumped
DOWN
1 Disinclined 2 Response to
“Merci”
3 Sat on a
clothesline, say 4 This too shall
pass
5 Kind of acid
6 ___ gun
7 Dizzy
8 Was up
9 Flower
10 “I want to go with
you!”
11 Nation with a four-century “Viking Age” 13 Controvert
15 Italian apology 20 Permit
22 Hundos 24 Approved on PolitiFact, say 26 Speaker of the line “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” 30 Landlord-paysbroker, in rental lingo
31 Existential unease 32 Word with bank or
base 33 Not written 34 Jamaican tangelo 35 NFC South pro 36 Degenerate 37 Meaning of the Italian “lui” or German “ihn” 38 Aware of
39 Part of yourself that you can’t see without two mirrors 40 Essence 45 Careened across
snow, maybe 46 Sleek ocean
swimmers 49 Broke one’s
silence
50 Life of ___ 52 Impressive
showbiz quartet 54 CD component 55 “Windowpane” 56 Plastic ___ Band 57 “I meant that
sarcastically” 58 Title of respect 59 Stylish dresser 60 Degree in math? 61 Test for a future
Ph.D.
62 Blue
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