The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Game pieces in Othello and Connect Four 6 Provocative … like this answer’s position in the grid?
10 Q: What happens when the ___ clears over Los Angeles? A: UCLA!
14 Beer brand whose name translates to “morning sun” 15 Looney Tunes
bunny 16 Cézanne or
Gauguin 17 “You cooked
this? It’s disgusting!”
said Tom ___ 20 Gumbo, e.g. 21 One foot in “the grave,” poetically speaking 22 Festoon
23 Bugle call at
lights out 25 Support group associated with the Twelve Steps 26 “What do you mean there are no PlayStations left in stock?” asked Tom ___ 31 “Peace out” 32 “Well, ___ be!” 33 Lip
37 Spot for a
sojourn 38 Charge for
tardiness 42 Grief-stricken
state
43 Scorch on a
stovetop 45 Brewery
vessel
46 Pastry dough used in crullers and beignets 48 “I’m worried I may have anemia,” said Tom ___
52 Had an
inclination 55 Kind of column 56 Specialty of clerics, druids and paladins, in Dungeons & Dragons
57 Flat, for short 59 Assistant 63 “You guys are supposed to be ‘Wise Men’ and these are the gifts you bring a newborn?!” asked Tom, ___ 66 With 54-Down,
back to fighting 67 Gumbo
ingredient
68 Het (up) 69 “That’s terrible!” 70 Hammer’s end 71 ___ of the state
Down
1 Spot for a
speech
2 “Who ___?!” (“That’s true of everyone!”) 3 Relief pitcher’s
success
4 Target of a canine’s canines, maybe
5 Ben Kingsley or Ian McKellen, e.g.
6 “West Texas town” in a classic country song
7 Gloom’s partner 8 Formless mass 9 Common word
in pirate-speak 10 Outings devoted to relaxation and self-care 11 Employee at a brick-andmortar business 12 Musical bit that
slowly fades 13 Close in many closeups
18 Coyote
calls 19 Seven-foot,
say 24 Particularly
particular 25 Competent 26 Goddess with a reduplicative name
27 Bird with a reduplicative name
28 John of “The
Suicide Squad” 29 Not be straight
with
30 TV ET 34 Nowhere to be found, say
35 Genre for Luther Vandross 36 “___ and I Know It” (2012 #1 hit for 52-Down) 39 Fervent
40 Sailor,
in slang 41 Behold: Lat. 44 Encounter
unexpectedly 47 Is connected 49 Prominent part of an apatosaurus 50 Pulitzer-winning
columnist Peggy 51 Visiting the Natl. Museum of African American History and Culture, say 52 Electronic dance music duo that performed at the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show
53 Home to over seven billion people
54 See 66-Across 57 Rug rat
58 ___ transfer 60 Man, for one 61 Consider
62 Swirl in a
stream
64 Hack (off) 65 Before, to Byron