The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Nonmagical sort, in the Harry Potter universe 7 What’s found in cafés but not coffee shops? 13 Spanish loves 14 St. Bernard or
mastiff, often 15 Hoity-toity
types
16 Goofus 17 Wireless
speaker brand 18 Place
19 Fencing
equipment 20 Shade akin to
fuchsia
23 Part of Q.E.D. 24 ___ blind 27 Dispenser of
drafts
28 “Black gold” or
“Texas tea” 30 Out of the
office 32 Nine-digit ID 34 One leaving its
pad quickly 39 Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle
42 One righting
writing
43 “The lowest form of humor — when you don’t think of it first,” per Oscar Levant 44 “The Song of the ___” (Willa Cather novel)
45 First Chinese
dynasty 47 Broadcaster of “The Price Is Right” for more than four decades 49 Letters requesting help
50 Back talk 54 Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, for two 57 Offering in
church 59 Noche’s
counterpart 60 Nevada
senator Jacky 64 Low-calorie
cookie spinoff 66 Adverb in a
contract 67 Eccentrics 68 Produce
oxidation in 69 Author
Hemingway 70 Tablet tool
Service that might be in Latin
“Yeah, that won’t work for me”
“I’m listening ...” Many a wedding cake topper Unleashes on Intro to sociology? 7 “Evita”
setting: Abbr. 8 Word with tax
or cheat
9 Type of car whose name comes from the French word for “cut” 10 Toon hunting for a “scwewy wabbit”
11 Site of a mythical lion slaying 12 Romantic
rendezvous 14 “Me, too!” 16 Patty’s place 18 ___ Challenge (famous taste test) 21 Gut-related 22 Some shortterm rentals Hightail it
1 2 3 4
5 6 24
DOWN
By Laura Breiman and Tom Bachant
25 Was behind 26 Island between Java and Lombok
29 W.C.
31 As of now 33 Bit of shut-eye 35 450, in ancient
Rome 36 Sorento and
Telluride 37 Amazonowned home Wi-Fi brand 38 Scolding
sounds
40 Part of some “Red” or “White” uniforms
41 St. ___ (Caribbean isle)
46 Some German
cars
48 Word on
the ___ 50 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author 51 Broadcaster 52 Oktoberfest
vessel
53 Place to wash
up?
55 Son of, in Arabic surnames 56 “___, not ___!” 58 Approx. when planes take off
61 Circus
barker?
62 “Not you,
too!?” 63 Disappointing
R.S.V.P.s 65 Over 100, say 66 Gives birth to