The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Cleric’s

closetful

5 One working on a tablet, say

11 Common creature in rebus puzzles 14 It’s on the hook 15 Google’s streaming device

17 Juice veggie 18 Paradise 19 Attempts to be

a team player? 21 Accessory for dinner and a show?

22 Bland 23 Antique tint 25 Night class, perhaps, in brief

26 Parts of a

spine

28 Kind of adapter 30 “Big” thing

overseas 31 Smooths, in a

way 34 Hive-minded? 38 Mars’

counterpart 40 Proverbial assessment for whether or not an idea can be taken seriously

42 Pay to play 43 It’s a start 45 Seal the deal 47 What a cellist may take onstage, in two senses 48 Tag along 50 Tricky billiards

shot

52 Take the wrong

way?

55 Break into parts and analyze 58 “This too shall

pass,” for one 60 Game face? 62 Cheesy dish served “Detroit-style” 64 Hot tub

shindig

66 In public 67 1972 Gilbert

O’Sullivan hit with a melancholy title 68 Captures a “poisoned pawn” in chess, e.g. 69 Fig. whose first three digits were geographically based until 2011 70 Showing a conceited attitude

71 Rx amount

DOWN

1 “Grey’s Anatomy” airer

Half of the only mother/ daughter duo to be nominated for acting Oscars for the same film

3 Targets of

some waxing 4 Inures

5 Bounce off the

walls

6 Country with more immigrants than any other, informally 7 Fruit

container 8 Kind of lane 9 Poison control

remedy 10 Home of more than 16,000 slot machines 11 Fitness class inspired by ballet

12 “Cómo ____?” 13 Kind of alcohol that is a fermented biofuel

16 Litter maker 2

Adam Wagner

20 Bladders, e.g. 24 No longer

done

27 Khan who

founded Khan Academy 29 Many an auditor, for short

30 Xiao long

___ (soup dumplings) 32 More likely to get coal, perhaps 33 Prefix meaning

“10” that’s associated with 12 35 Ambitious email goal, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle 36 Misters

37 Still shrinkwrapped, say 39 Jiffy

41 First X or O 44 State gemstones of Utah and Texas

46 Pat (down) 49 Almond

confection 51 Brought up 52 Indian princes 53 Some tracks 54 Bits in a salad,

perhaps 56 Small, oily fish 57 Face-plant 59 Stately estate 61 Large vat 63 Part of a Mad. Ave. mailing address 65 Back