The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Word before

bar or party 7 Athena’s winged companion 10 Hype (up) 13 Diamond

official

14 Sulk

16 “___, fi, fo,

fum” 17 *Drivers’ process when two lanes of traffic become one 19 Antitrust law enforcement org.

20 Sick

21 Bizarre 22 Ancient Greek

market

24 The windows to the soul, it’s

said 26 *Garden plant that opens and shuts its “mouth” when squeezed 28 Pony up 30 Brand of

sunglasses 31 Syria’s Bashar

al-___ 34 French word

after “vous” 36 When you’re on it, you’re en

pointe 38 *White pizza

toppings 42 Sacramentoto-San Diego dir.

43 Long

stretches 44 What you’ve got going for you 45 Threaten, as a

cat might 48 Puncher’s tool 49 *Design on

some baseball uniforms 52 Bus driver for

Lisa and Bart 56 Darkest part of

a shadow

They’re sworn Burgle

Brown who wrote “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” 61 Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred

clues 64 Vitamin supplement retailer 65 Munich Mrs. 66 Official

declarations 67 Laugh sound 68 ___ mode 69 Major-leaguer who wears 49-Across at home 57 59 60

DOWN

1 Q preceder, in

song

Poet

Dickinson

Jobs creation “Let ‘er ___!” Gaffer, best boy and others 6 Inquisition

charge

7 Work from Bellini or Rossini 8 Popular blogging platform

9 Tote 10 Espressoover-ice cream desserts 11 Time keeper 12 Pie nut

15 Like some people at weddings and funerals 18 Lowest part of a range, for short 23 Chitter-chatter 25 Old-fashioned

shoe cover 2

3 4 5

By Kate Hawkins

27 Inexact recipe

amount 29 Hubbub 31 They can be sculpted and chiseled

32 You might order ahi tuna or yellowtail from it 33 “East of Eden”

author 34 Moving 35 Wine

vessel

37 Abbr. on a

cornerstone 39 Close by 40 Uncooked 41 Home of the Viking Ship Museum 46 Azerbaijan or Lithuania, once: Abbr. 47 Wizard’s

accessory 48 Daughter of Joe and Jill Biden 49 Chubby 50 Italian city in a “Kiss Me, Kate” song 51 [waves hand in

a circle] 53 Something weighed at a weigh station 54 Linzer ___

(pastry) 55 Very

corpulent 58 Pop

62 Glass of “This

American Life” 63 Missing letters in “transgre_s_o_,” appropriately