The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 “Money, Money, Money” group
5 Toughs … or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter 10 Slightly open 14 Thick slice 15 Old but back in
fashion 16 Agricultural giant founded in Hawaii in 1851 17 Atmosphere 18 Font akin to
Helvetica 19 “What time?” 20 Sort of investment suggested by the ends of 3-, 11- and 29Down
23 First half of a
Senate vote 24 “Oh, bleah!” 25 Indent key 27 Exclamation upon reaching a customer service representative, maybe 31 Measurement for passes and rushes: Abbr. 34 It’s 99.9%
“empty space” 36 “___ you are you! That is truer than true!”: Dr. Seuss 37 Rapper fronting the heavy metal band Body Count 38 Late-night host
O’Brien 40 Profs’ helpers 41 Silly
42 Where chess is believed to have originated 43 Qty.
44 Curving
billiards shot 45 Car company that shares its name with an inventor 46 Longtime CBS police drama 47 Flicked, as a
cigarette
48 In a risky
situation 51 Nicholas I or II 54 They have ears,
it’s said
55 Intimidates
59 Had in one’s
hands 60 Blacksmith’s
block
61 Place to cook a
turkey 62 Behind, in
England
63 Part of an act
64 Reviled Roman emperor
65 Deserving a D
66 “Able was I ___
…”
67 Picked a card
Down
1 “Get on it!”
2 Sad
3 M.L.B. record-holder for most career home runs 4 Humiliate 5 Kind of visa for just passing through an airport
6 Greek goddess
of marriage 7 Gas or elec.
8 Tennis’s Steffi
9 How best to hit a ball for a home run
10 Coke vs. Pepsi,
e.g.
11 Singer profiled in the biopic “Walk the Line” 12 Smart ___
13 Philosopher
Descartes
21 Big doofus
22 “I disagree”
25 Understood
26 Make
reparations
28 “Impossible!”
29 N.B.A. commissioner starting in 2014 30 Trailing all
others
32 Tightly packed
33 Horse for a
knight
35 Alternative to
in-store
37 “I’ll be right
with you”
39 Tandoor bread
41 Apple desktop
49 Contraction starting a Christmas poem
50 Archipelago
part
51 Bloke
52 It doesn’t mean
a thing
53 In addition 56 Lead-in to “the hill” or “the top”
57 “What ___ you
thinking?” 58 Reason for a
school day off