The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Musky “cat” 6 Banned
antimalarial 9 Direction to bow, for a violinist 13 Shifts from neutral, in a way
15 Lie about 16 What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle’s theme
17 F in music
class?
18 Falco of TV’s
“Oz”
19 Causes to run without human involvement 21 Loosening, as a
joint
23 Shiner?
24 One who’s
up to the minutes 25 Michigan college or its town
27 Key used for
exiting 30 Before
opening? 32 “Bésame ___”
(bolero song) 34 Dedicatee of
“Moby-Dick” 39 Collect all
together 40 Pumped metal 41 Looked for
facts in figures 43 “Blinking
heck!”
45 Bit
46 [Cluck] 47 Geiger of Geiger counter fame 49 Slowpokes at the head of a trail
54 PBS’s “___ the
Science Kid” 55 “I never look back, dahling. It distracts from ___”: Pixar’s Edna Mode 56 Honesty, kindness or respect, for many people 61 Sports org. for
students 62 Common operating system for supercomputers, once
Gradually trims … or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle’s theme
Milk delivery
point
How things have always been done
IDs since the Great
Depression 2013 biopic about actor Mineo Crapshoots,
essentially 63 65 66 67 68 69
DOWN
1 Many Stan
Lee film appearances 2 Sealed
the deal 3 Strong and
energetic 4 Enter
cautiously
5 It’s no loss 6 Hermès, par
exemple 7 Expert
8 Sudden source of rain,
informally 9 Temper, as
fears
10 Nose
(around) 11 With 12-Down,
secretly plots (with)
12 –
14 The Swiss fly a
square one 20 Officer’s title 22 Creator of an animal shelter
25 With 26-Down, repeated occurrences of things in turn
Simeon Seigel
26 –
27 Major option
for a future C.E.O.
28 With 29-Down, taught a lesson
29 –
31 Signal to
proceed 33 News letters 34 With 35-Down, some common attire for cooks
35 –
36 Tasks 37 Demolition
material 38 Finish off
42 TV series with the all-time most-watched episode 44 Prison
weapon 48 Novelizes,
e.g. 50 Bestow upon temporarily 51 Deploy, as wire from a spool 52 Disappear midtour, say
53 Proust’s “___
Way”
54 Blue
notes?
55 Set up for a
swing
56 With 57-Down,
noble title
57 –
58 Johnson who directed “The Last Jedi” 59 “___ Croft: Tomb
Raider” 60 Europe’s third-longest river 64 Officer’s title