The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 It’s black on one side and white on the other, in Othello 5 Scratchy

voice 9 Trailhead

displays 13 Snack item that might be twisted or dunked 14 Casino buy-in 15 Holder of keys, phone and IDs

16 Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit “Stay (I Missed You)” 17 City in

Normandy 18 Things that thinkers think of

19 T or F, e.g. 20 Business

review site 21 Go over again,

as plans 22 Soda can

opener 24 Chimichurri or

hollandaise 26 Stuck-up 27 Like a weedy garden, perhaps

31 Key above Caps

Lock

32 Stock launches,

in brief

33 ___ Culbertson, member of the contract bridge hall of fame

34 Word before firma or incognita 36 Doze (off ) 37 Mac maker 39 Post-O.R.

locale 40 Magical writing, as in Dungeons & Dragons 41 Rock’s ___

Fighters 42 Big name in electric toothbrushes 45 Li’l slip

48 Lets the tears

flow

49 Wining and

dining, say 50 Like some volleyballs and hair

53 Fellow,

informally 55 Road gunk

… or, when doubled, tooth gunk

Borden Dairy cow

Country between Thailand and Vietnam

Aura

Wasn’t well Luxury hotel chain

Not worth having, as an argument

Butt

Try the patience of “Need You Tonight” band, 1987 56 57 58 59 60

61

62 63

64

DOWN

1 Practice

swimming 2 Like some T-shirt graphics

3 Line from

“Dick and Jane” readers

4 Inner ear?

5 Fly past 6 Meticulous to

a fault 7 Improves to meet a challenge … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 8 Fountain ___ 9 Toledo minorleaguer, named for a marsh bird

By Ashleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard

10 Word before 51

or rug 11 Educational promos, in brief 12 Meeting,

informally 15 Jigsaw

item

20 “___ dabba

doo!” 21 They’re hard to

get out of 23 Lift on a ski

slope 25 Battery end 28 Testimony

under oath 29 Loss

leader? 30 Henna, e.g. 32 Harden (to) 34 “___ but a

scratch!” 35 Green prefix

37 In progress 38 The fuzz 40 Antipest

spray

43 More “ew”inducing 44 Belief system 45 Takes responsibility for a mistake 46 How breakfast cereal is usually packaged 47 Heron

varieties 50 Scorch on a

grill

51 Ballet dip 52 Cuba, por

ejemplo 54 Periods longer

than eras 57 Place to park 58 Keydets’ sch.

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