The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Quite the

bargain

6 Wilts

10 Baby aardvark 13 Relaxed, as a

vibe

15 Damage 16 Mined find 17 Tall, slender

hound

18 New York

canal 19 Mature

20 Drink from a

spring

23 “You said it!” 26 Blank space 27 Shaq’s alma

mater 28 Steakhouse

option 31 Soaking spots 35 It may be checked at check-in 36 “Not so!” 37 “Morning on the Seine” painter

38 Not let go to

waste 39 Singer who funded

Central Park’s Strawberry Fields memorial 40 Best-selling video game series beginning in 1997, for short 42 “Get it?” 43 Curved lines on

sheet music 45 Muscle

47 Had for lunch 48 Promotional

buzz 49 Queasy,

perhaps 51 “Got it!” 53 “Dear” one

54 Fruity drinks 55 Nitpicker’s

lead-in … or a response to 20-, 28- and 49-Across, if they were posed as questions 60 Big name in acne medication 61 It winds up on

a fishing boat 62 Welty with a

Pulitzer Threw one’s hat in the ring

Defer a decision, informally Junk ___

First musician to have his first five albums debut at #1

Chooses Construct 66 67

68 69 70 71

DOWN

1 Texting format,

in brief

2 Iced ___

3 First in line? 4 Reunion

attendees 5 Asgard

trickster 6 High-minded

guides?

7 Glow 8 Distinctive

BMW feature 9 Some slowcooked meals 10 Nail polish

layer 11 Hankering 12 Lead-in to bottle or batter

14 Goose vis-à-vis Maverick, in “Top Gun”

By Karen Lurie

21 Place for a stud 22 Basic camera

setting 23 Sneak attack 24 Insultingly

small 25 Approach

gradually 29 Sci-fi

conveyances 30 Crowns and scepters, collectively 32 Merely implied 33 Ladybug, for

one 34 Toughens 37 Grammywinning Aimee 41 Played with, as

a mustache 44 Not made up 46 Sports scores 49 How blackjack

cards are dealt 50 Sense of

orientation? 52 Production company that’s its founder’s name spelled backward 55 One of six in

this clue 56 Reason to

cram 57 Wildcat with

tufted ears 58 Something to

pitch

59 Entice

63 Carry a balance 64 Remote button 65 Coffee table

book subject