New York Times Crossword Puzzle
No. 0728
50 YEARS ON ACROSS
1 Org. whose workers can be a little frisky?
4 Meager
9 Charged
14 Picture framer’s aid
17 Bad things for astronaut suits to have
19 Part of a broadcast feed
20 On the qui vive
21 Second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands
22 “However,” in textspeak
23 Name of a sea first visited in 1969
25 Pot starter
26 World capital near the 60th parallel
27 What mattresses and spirits may do
28 Signs of nervousness
29 Good name for a fishmonger?
30 Gaming neophyte
31 Kind of diet
33 They don’t keep their thoughts to themselves
36 Two tablespoons
37 W.W. II zone: Abbr.
38 End of a rope
40 Sean who played Rudy in “Rudy”
42 La-la lead-in
43 Certain seafood delicacy
44 Attention
45 Not as one
49 Appropriately palindromic reply to “Madam, I’m Adam”
50 Someone who might engage in a hobby with some frequency?
51 Bit of media hoopla
53 Words of Jesus
55 “Great” birds
57 Hillary who climbed Everest
59 The Notorious ____ (Supreme Court nickname)
60 Possible response to “No, you’re not”
62 Skin-care brand
64 Classic place to hide money
67 “Je t’____”
70 Suave competitor
71 Newsmaker of July 1969
72 Weeper of myth
73 Relating to the kidneys
74 Santa ____, Calif.
75 Where I go “when my baby smiles at me,” in song
76 Bartender’s supply
77 Necessity for going online, in brief
79 Passed 83 Loopy cursive letters
84 “There was no other choice!”
87 Deactivate
88 Request for a cold one
92 Bottom-dwelling fish that lack fins
94 “____ NewsHour”
95 Wizards, but not witches
96 Place to get a shot
97 Amenities at some hotels
100 Understanding
102 The last Pope Julius
103 ____ Stic (pen brand)
105 Hawk snake frog insect, e.g.
109 Summer pest
110 Announcement of July 1969
115 “A-O.K. for launch!”
117 Do-nothing’s state
118 Trojan warrior in the “Iliad”
121 What’s gotten into your head
122 Represented in sheet music
123 1980s TV’s “Remington ____”
124 Carol Brady and Camilla Parker Bowles, for two
125 Scruffs
126 Binoculars attachment
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1 Ticket issuers
2 Straddles
3 Long-distance traveler of 1969
4 800 things?
5 One putting on a show
6 “What goes up must come down” and others
7 Diarist Anaïs
8 Chef’s hat
9 Mrs. Gorbachev
10 Totally
11 Some sound effects in westerns
12 Performer
13 Texter’s sign-off
14 Achievement of 1969
15 Dictator
16 Rafter connectors
18 Unconventional home in a nursery rhyme
21 English football powerhouse, to fans
24 Strike caller
32 What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in a corner of this puzzle
34 Regan’s father
35 French comic actor Jacques
36 What 71-Across took in 1969, as represented literally in another corner of this puzzle
39 Third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands
41 Composer Charles
46 Domain of a municipal department
47 Extent
48 Wild party
52 Capital of South Australia
53 Dressed up
54 Dangerous substance that smells like bitter almonds
56 Receiver with a crystal
58 Org. with an Inspiration Award and an Award of Valor
61 So
62 Big inits. in news
63 Wrath
65 Nationality seen in most of Romania
66 Superman’s father
68 Stat for which Hank Aaron holds the alltime record
69 Common Market inits.
78 Sport that players are not allowed to play lefthanded
80 Nile biter
81 One waiting in line at an airport
82 Network with “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”
83 Goes out
84 Apple on a desk
85 Pitch
86 Comes clean about
89 Member of a popular package delivery service
90 Mother of Hermes
91 Release
93 Tough job for a mover, maybe
95 “Peter Pan” dog
98 Access an account
99 Convinced of
100 Fuels (up)
101 Angered
104 ____ Weizmann, first president of Israel
106 Dirty mouth?
107 Economy
108 Test taker’s downfall, perhaps
109 “The Maids” playwright Jean
111 Obstacles to teamwork
112 Very long time
113 “Illmatic” rapper
114 People with badges: Abbr.
115 Part of the foot between the toes and the ankle
116 Mr. Turkey
119 ____ mode
120 Mo. in 1962 in which J.F.K. gave his “We choose to go to the moon” speech