The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 State known for lobsters and pine trees 6 Laziest of the

deadly sins 11 Pal

14 St. ___ fire 15 Outdoor

lounging area 16 Actress Gasteyer of “Saturday

Night Live” fame

17 Athlete who rarely gets sacked or has a pass intercepted 20 Pig 21 Stereotypical

name for a dog 22 Like neon

gas

23 Classic cinema

name

26 It’s inhaled

on an ocean cruise 27 Frenzies 29 Run-down

places

31 2, 4, 6 and 8, but not 1, 3, 5 and 7

32 ___ latte 33 Figure to aim for, according to personal trainers 40 Moistens

41 Bar mitzvah

dances

42 Pastry made with an orchard fruit

47 Start, as a

computer 48 Coins of India 49 Stuff of little

substance 50 Woman’s name derived from the Greek for “peace” 51 Angel’s

overhead? 53 “That’s really

nice!” 56 Political group symbolized by a donkey

60 ___ out a living 61 Not with the

times 62 Handmade sign held up by a kid in the bleachers 63 ___ Andreas

fault 64 Histories that may be checkered or sordid

65 Twin Mary-Kate

or Ashley

DOWN

1 Fine lattice 2 Kind of sax 3 “It’s curtains for

me!” 4 Conjunction

used in logic 5 Abbr. after a lawyer’s

name 6 Ferdinand and

Isabella’s land 7 Nonvegan

shortening 8 Germany’s von

Bismarck 9 Classic Father’s

Day gift 10 Charlotte

hoopster 11 Start of a nursery rhyme about bags of wool

12 Detach, as a

seatbelt 13 Bread makers 18 Causes of some mysterious radar blips, in brief

19 Pig in the wild 24 Microwave

notification 25 Simplicity

26 Mix with a

spoon

27 Ran across 28 Director

DuVernay 29 Butler of “Gone

With the Wind”

By Freddie Cheng

30 Penlight

batteries 32 One-named pop

diva

34 “___ the night before Christmas …” 35 Holier-than-___ 36 Housetop 37 Various creative mediums … or a hint to variations found in the shaded squares 38 Sigma’s

follower 39 Telepathic

letters

42 Lion packs 43 Shout accompanying a brilliant realization 44 Prehistoric human relations? 45 Nevada slots

city

46 Superminiature dog breed size 47 Voting

group 49 Tosses, as a

coin 51 Disbelieving

laughs

52 “Look ___ this

way …” 54 Siouan

people 55 “Amazing

Grace,” for one 57 Messenger

molecule 58 Noodle soup in

Hanoi

59 Feel sick

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