The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Game pieces in Othello and Connect Four 6 Provocative … like this answer’s position in the grid?

Q: What happens when the ___ clears over Los Angeles? A: UCLA!

Beer brand whose name translates to “morning sun” Looney Tunes bunny

Cézanne or Gauguin

“You cooked this? It’s disgusting!” said Tom ___ 20 Gumbo, e.g. 21 One foot in

“the grave,” poetically speaking 22 Festoon 23 Bugle call at

lights out 25 Support group associated with the Twelve Steps

26 “What do you mean there are no PlayStations left in stock?” asked Tom ___ 31 “Peace out” 32 “Well, ___ be!” 33 Lip

37 Spot for a

sojourn 38 Charge for

tardiness 42 Grief-stricken

state

43 Scorch on a

stovetop 45 Brewery vessel 46 Pastry dough used in crullers and beignets 48 “I’m worried I may have anemia,” said Tom ___

52 Had an

inclination 10 14 15 16 17

Kind of column Specialty of clerics, druids and paladins, in Dungeons & Dragons

57 Flat, for short 59 Assistant 63 “You guys are supposed to be ‘Wise Men’ and these are the gifts you bring a newborn?!” asked Tom, ___ 66 With 54-Down,

back to fighting 67 Gumbo

ingredient 68 Het (up) 69 “That’s

terrible!” 70 Hammer’s end 71 ___ of the state 55 56

DOWN

1 Spot for a

speech

2 “Who ___?!” (“That’s true of everyone!”) 3 Relief pitcher’s

success

4 Target of a canine’s canines, maybe 5 Ben Kingsley or Ian McKellen, e.g.

6 “West Texas town” in a classic country song

7 Gloom’s partner 8 Formless mass 9 Common word in pirate-speak Outings devoted to relaxation and self-care Employee at a brick-andmortar business Musical bit that slowly fades Close in many close-ups

Coyote calls Seven-foot, say Particularly particular Competent Goddess with a reduplicative name 10 11 12 13

18 19 24

25 26 27 Bird with a reduplicative name

28 John of “The

Suicide Squad” 29 Not be straight

with

30 TV ET 34 Nowhere to be

found, say 35 Genre for Luther

Vandross

36 “___ and I

Know It” (2012 #1 hit for 52Down) 39 Fervent

40 Sailor, in slang 41 Behold: Lat. 44 Encounter

unexpectedly 47 Is connected 49 Prominent part of an apatosaurus 50 Pulitzer-winning

columnist Peggy 51 Visiting the Natl. Museum of African American History and Culture, say 52 Electronic dance music duo that performed at the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show

53 Home to over seven billion people

54 See 66-Across 57 Rug rat

58 ___ transfer 60 Man, for one 61 Consider 62 Swirl in a

stream

64 Hack (off ) 65 Before,

to Byron