The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Australian
avians 5 Absolutely
delights
10 “I didn’t see you
there!”
15 ___ it down a
notch
16 “Too rich for my
blood!” 17 Company with a
spokeslizard 18 *Classic TV show starring a cowboy puppet 20 Hazardous gas 21 Country whose stamps use glue that’s certified kosher
22 Take over responsibilities from
24 Sailor’s song 26 Kind of card for
a phone 27 Harvard rival 30 “How you
doin’?”
31 Opus ___
33 Path between
buildings 35 Doggedly
pursued 39 Smooth-talking 40 *Nursery rhyme character seen in Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass” 42 Proust title
character 44 Ex-spousal
support 45 Designer dog that crosses a Pomeranian and terrier 47 Neutral shade 48 Flavor-boosting additive, for short
51 A little off 52 Opal or onyx 55 “That’s what they tell me, anyway” 58 Asinine 61 Country between Venezuela and Suriname 62 National mammal of the United States 64 *Very convenient … or, when read in six parts, a hint to the answers to the starred clues 66 Decorate
67 Had dinner at
home
68 Sight on the
back of a jeep 69 Some TVs and
cameras 70 Sharply dressed 71 The apostrophe
in :’-(
DOWN
1 House ___
Committee 2 Chinese stir-fry with pork, eggs and mushrooms 3 Open, as a gift 4 Four-door,
maybe 5 Approached
furtively
6 Rock subgenre 7 Jordan’s Queen
___
8 Fellas
9 Apple Pencil and Microsoft’s Surface Pen, for two
10 Fairy tale baddie 11 *Industrial
strength 12 Treehouse or blanket fort, perhaps 13 Umberto who wrote “Foucault’s Pendulum” 14 Hither and ___ 19 So far 23 Mischief-maker 25 Gossipy meddler 28 Washroom, in
Worcester
29 London ___ (tourist attraction) 32 Pastoral
poem
34 Place to get
highlights 35 *Peachy-keen 36 Prefix with
potent
37 Polish before
publishing 38 Alexandre who wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo”
40 Last name of two U.S. presidents 41 Practice of males mating with one female, but not vice versa, as in bees and ants
42 Health resort 43 “Incredible!” 46 A braggart has a
big one 48 Scoundrel
49 ___ Oh, first Asian woman to host a major awards show 50 Not as sunny 53 Actor Hawke 54 Mazda sports
car 56 Alternative to
the pill, briefly 57 Marriott
competitor 59 Road trip ac
commodations 60 Site with tech
tips 62 Undergrad
degs. 63 Wedding vow 65 E, in Morse code