The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Word said
twice before “pants on fire”
5 Dressed (in) 9 Miso, for one 14 Guesstimate
words
15 2021 Pixar film set on the Italian Riviera 16 Colorado ski
resort 17 *Sincere
intentions 19 Swiss green 20 How one might
cower 21 Martial artist
Bruce
23 What gives a doc inside info? 24 Artfully
evasive 25 *One who’s “Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and a-singin’ his song,” in a 1958 hit 29 Vicinity 31 Round of a
track race 32 King or
Donkey follower 33 What a dog’s tail wag and bark might mean 36 Slackens, as
rain
38 *With
39-Across, flower named for its distinctive shape
39 *See
38-Across 40 Cake: Fr. 43 Slowly enter, as a crowd might 47 Possible score
after deuce 48 Escape ___ (group activity) 50 Yoshi of Mario games is one, for short 51 *Considerable amount of money, in an idiom 55 Vietnamese dish containing 46-Down 56 Brewery
barrel 57 Tolkien
creature 58 Chucked forcefully, in modern lingo 60 Foolish
62 Kara Zor-El’s identity in DC Comics ... or a punny hint to the answers to the starred clues
Matt of “The
Martian” “Really,
though?” Garfield’s
canine buddy Some dogpowered transports Badgers Filming
locations 65 66 67 68
69 70
DOWN
1 Like the left brain, in pop psychology 2 Smelter’s
material 3 Heretofore 4 Went by horse
or car
5 Mild cigar 6 Him, in Paris 7 Do one’s part? 8 Mexico’s national flower
9 Kind of fitness test for K-12 students 10 Output from an
eruption 11 Sender of unsolicited emails 12 French loaf baked in a rectangular mold
13 They’re typically happy in fairy tales
By Ailee Yoshida
18 A ways away 22 Involve
26 Burn slightly 27 It has all the
answers 28 Gave the green
light
30 Agree
34 Org. sponsoring a school fundraiser, perhaps 35 Hill with the 1998 #1 hit “Doo Wop (That Thing)” 37 Sandwich named for its ingredients 39 Depict by
drawing 40 Spinoff clothing store for children 41 Kind of gland
that produces cortisol 42 Reason for
overtime 43 Enemy 44 Hazardous
current
45 Get using will
power? 46 Slurpy strands
of food 49 Decides to
join
52 Most student
drivers 53 Russian
refusals 54 “Quit ___
bellyachin’!” 59 “Me” problems 61 Minimal gesture of acknowledgment
63 “Party in the ___” (Miley Cyrus hit) 64 Common shape
for a toy bank