The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Floating ice chunk

House of mirrors at a carnival, for one

Takes a load off

14 Skunk’s

defense

15 Leon who wrote

“Exodus” 16 Super17 “___ upon a

time …” 18 Loud, prolonged noises

19 ___ badge (award for a scout)

20 Stick your tongue out, say

22 Use an

e-cigarette 23 Kind of exam at school or the dentist’s 24 Like oldfashioned railroad crossing signs 27 Tinder or Hinge 29 Beer ingredient 32 ___ trick

(hockey feat) 33 College in

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

34 Move onto a new topic of conversation, metaphorically 39 Campus

quarters 41 Beverage that comes in green and black varieties 42 Jacket fastener that’s not a button

43 Pass to a different owner, as a business 48 Aunt: Sp. 49 Electric ___ 50 Princess who says “Into the garbage chute, flyboy” 5 9 51 Traveler’s

stopover 52 Best Rap Performance and Best Instrumental Composition, for two

56 “Get outta

here!” 58 Hershey’s candy with a caramel center 59 Epitome of precision … or a description of 20-, 34- and 43-Across? 64 “You can’t

make me!” 66 Capital of

Italia 67 Yoke-wearing

animals 68 Enclose, as on

a farm 69 ___-friendly 70 Onedimensional drawing 71 Upright

72 Put a patch on, say

Winter forecast, often 73

DOWN

Sound of an explosion

___ Mode of “The Incredibles” Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” for one

Actress Garson of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” 5 Landslide of

wet sediment 6 Diva’s delivery 7 97.5% of a

penny

8 County in England or New Jersey 9 Pirate’s

bottleful 10 Gives a lift 11 Wristwatch

component 12 Balderdash 13 Having had

enough food

1 2 3 4

By Kurt Weller

21 Sounds from a

sauna 25 “Quiet!” 26 Witch

27 “Back in Black”

band 28 “Hunny”loving A. A. Milne character 30 Bitter part of

an orange 31 Thieve

35 Bit of Christmas candy 36 Venom neutralizer, e.g.

37 Spring

forecast, often 38 Bridge 40 Memory device like “How I wish I could calculate pi,” e.g. 44 Jewel

45 Ron of “Tarzan” fame

46 Throw out 47 Bag 52 Complaint 53 Crew team

member 54 Flying solo 55 Rugby

formation 57 Army noshows 60 Finish last,

say

61 A rainbow may be seen as a good one 62 Nevada’s “Biggest Little City in the World” 63 Understood 65 Maker of an

explosion

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