The New York Times crossword puzzle
Note: The clues in this “uniclue” crossword appear in a single list, combining Across and Down. When two answers share a number, they also share a clue, in a manner to be determined.
Clues
1 Rubberneck
2 Lands heavily
3 Predators of penguins
4 ___ to shame
5 Stiffly formal
6 Rice-A-___
7 Not reacting
8 Raised one’s spirits?
9 Old Glory
10 Past the point of being a joke, say
11 Best Picture winner directed by Ben Affleck
12 Fidel’s brother and successor in Cuba
13 Take off
14 No ___ traffic
15 Author Jaffe 16 Holy scroll
17 Sold at Sotheby’s, say
18 “Huh-uh!”
19 Scoundrel
20 Multivitamin fig.
21 Part of the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed by a 2019 fire
22 Remark from one who’s obviously not going to call 23 Ancient Jewish ascetic
24 Emoji that can mean “Get a load of this!”
25 East Coast city on a western coast
26 60 secs.
27 City near Leeds with historic walls
28 “Quit fooling around!”
29 Second-level
30 Counselor Deanna on the U.S.S. Enterprise
31 Frayed so?
32 Pen sound
33 Kind of sauce in Chinese cuisine
34 Third and fourth word in many limericks
35 French political division
36 Vivid colors
37 Game with antlers
38 The last one was named Louis
39 Breakfast grains
40 Portuguese greeting
41 Fully from, as a place
42 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup champs
43 Footwear fashion faux pas
44 Condition that can lead to repetitive behavior, for short
45 Risk losing one’s license, say
46 1950s-’60s entertainment group
47 Container at a bakery
48 Button on a deli scale
49 Houston team
50 Country with 28 states
51 Enthusiasm
52 Actor Poitier
53 “Gotcha”
54 Each
55 Exaggerated stories
56 Proven to be reliable
57 Orange discard
58 “No food for me, thanks”
59 “Impractical Jokers” channel
60 Italian man
61 Reproductive cells
62 Cowboy’s lasso
63 Sneaker insert
64 Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___
65 Store hours word
66 Anxiety about being excluded from the fun, for short
67 “Feel the ___” (bygone political slogan)
68 Paradises
69 The Jackson 5 had some big ones, informally
70 “Slow Churned” ice cream brand