The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Small groups of conspirators 7 Charitable offerings of old

11 Sheepish

utterance? 14 Catching some

Z’s

15 Italy’s outline 16 Relative of an

ostrich 17 Command for a

soldier to relax 19 Post-disaster

help, e.g. 20 Like a low, horizontal throw used by shortstops 21 Unhinge

mentally 23 D.C.-based teachers’ union

24 One of the

Kardashians 26 Pretends 27 Weekend comedy hit, in brief 29 Financially

solvent 31 Passing craze 34 Snoopy’s

breed

36 Spits rhymes,

so to speak 39 Tableware for

special guests 41 Classic car

inits. 42 Melville’s “___

Budd”

43 Mafia chief 44 Fail to keep a

promise 46 “The Spanish Tragedy” dramatist Thomas 47 Have as one’s

residence 49 ___ room (play

space)

51 Goes out of

business

53 In the manner

of

55 Blockhead 58 Bemoans, as a

loss 60 42 weeks

pregnant, e.g. 63 One of the Gershwin brothers 64 Betray … or a hint to what’s found in this puzzle’s shaded squares 66 Plastic used in piping, for short

67 Cookie once promoted with the line “Take a lick — you’ll love it”

Stock market purchases State out loud Take a breather Ohio city on Lake Erie 68

69 70

71

Mama ___ Elliot of 1960s folk

Sean who voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael 3 Ice skate part 4 Trojan hero in a

Virgil epic 5 Yeats’s “___

and the Swan” 6 Glisten 7 “Honest” guy

on a five 8 Trucker’s haul 9 White wine named for the European river valley where it’s produced 10 Sound upgrade

from mono 11 Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale 12 Compañero 13 Poet W. H. ___ 18 “I don’t need to hear all that!”

22 PONG Quest gaming company

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By Lynn Lempel

25 Reddish

purple

28 Org. overseeing court battles 30 Drifting ice

mass

31 U.S. TV

regulator 32 “Now I see!” 33 Negotiator’s

skill

35 Square

footage 37 Thickness, as

of yarn 38 Name that’s hidden in “Easy does it” 40 Assault on the

ears

42 Helpful

pollinator 44 Bring back to its original condition 45 Most serious 48 One with a booth at a flea market

50 Pen for horses

on a ranch 51 Promotional snippets from a film 52 Caterpillar or

tadpole 54 Texter’s chortle 56 Be crazy about 57 Joined together by heating 59 Hauls into

court

61 Sound that

rebounds 62 Former Exxon

name 65 Nonhuman internet “account holder”