The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Library catalog listing after “author” 6 Ribbit : frog ::

___ : cat

10 Bit of land in

the sea: Sp. 14 Author Asimov 15 Scrabble or

Boggle 16 Challenging vegetables to eat with a fork 17 Harmonica 19 ___ and

sciences 20 What “Yes,

I’m willing” signifies 21 Contend 22 Talks effusively 25 Place to get

some barbecue 28 It might be confused with a termite 29 Tanning lotion

fig. 31 Pointy-leaved

desert plants 32 Lo-o-ong bath 34 ___ Asia (China, Japan and environs) 37 Poor grades 38 Dummy

41 Bog fuel 42 Brontë’s

“Jane ___” 43 Quick bite to

eat

46 Tranquil

48 Grp. overseeing the World Series 50 Wildebeest 51 Negative

repercussions 54 Individual 56 Capital of

Georgia: Abbr. 57 “You don’t have to take responsibility for the mistake” 59 Tidy

61 Stand-in during

a film shoot … or a hint to 17-, 25-, 38and 51-Across 65 Platform for a

ceremony 66 Send off, as

rays

67 Autumn bloom 68 Follower of hop

and skip 69 “The lady

___ protest too much”: “Hamlet” 70 More recent

DOWN

1 Dickens’s

Tiny ___ 2 Prefix with

-therm

3 Letter after

sigma

4 Gate closer 5 Sounds heard

in canyons 6 People in

charge: Abbr. 7 Raring to go 8 Neighbor of a Saudi and

Yemeni 9 Passed 10 Brewery letters 11 Ones leading the blind, maybe 12 Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera, for two

13 Good things to

have 18 Without assurance of purchase 22 Word after laughing or natural

23 Half of dos 24 Assert one’s ownership, as to land

26 “Hey ___”

(Beatles hit) 27 Roughly 71% of the earth’s surface

30 Like many

Rolex watches sold on the street 33 Natural

ability

35 Apt letters missing from “_tea_th_” 36 Six years, for a

U.S. senator 39 Electricity or water, e.g.: Abbr. 40 Assisted 41 Level off at a

higher point 44 ___ Balls (chocolaty snack) 45 Attila

the ___ 46 Threeingredient lunchbox staple, familiarly 47 Lightly touched, as with a handkerchief 49 Express sorrow

over

52 Sports replay

effect

53 Lost

patience

55 Do something

else with 58 George

Washington’s chopping down a cherry tree, e.g.

60 Small recipe

amt.

62 “As an aside,” in a text

63 Film director

Spike

64 Flub

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