The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Not in a bottle,
at a bar
6 N.Y.C. home to van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” 10 Home of Mongolia and Myanmar 14 Thanks, in
French
15 Idle who sang “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” while tied to a cross 16 Bronzes in the
sun
17 Not a single
person 18 Counterpart of
fem.
19 Sound from a
pigpen 20 “Monster” on
the web 23 Flower with
thorns 24 Transfer from a device to the cloud, say 27 Having a graceful and elegant bearing 31 “Busy”
buzzer 32 Messenger
molecule 33 Pinnacle 34 “Monster” on
the highway 38 Where hair
roots grow 40 Sailor’s
affirmation 41 Not showing
emotion 42 “Monster” with a sweet tooth
45 Word after
muscle or dial 46 Commercial prefix with
Pen
47 Not feeling
well
48 00s, in James
Bond novels 50 Highly active
person
52 ___ and soul 54 “Monster” who drains people emotionally 60 Pic file
format 62 Literary
heroine Jane 63 Equipment in a
control tower 64 Shows, as a TV
show
65 1982 film whose use of C.G.I. made it ineligible for a best visual effects Oscar 66 Place of
combat 67 Sunset
direction 68 Roughly half of babies, to their parents 69 Exams
DOWN
1 Prefix with potent or present
2 Like many blinking signs that say “Open”
3 Gait between a walk and a canter
4 Teen’s skin
woe
5 South Dakota’s
capital
6 Viral jokes like Grumpy Cat and Sad Frog 7 Make a formal
speech
8 Fine setting on
a hose nozzle 9 Built up, as
interest 10 Ring-shaped
reef 11 Japanese manga heroine with a feline sidekick named Luna 12 Traveler’s stop 13 Inquire
21 Says yes, but
silently 22 Opinion columns, in brief
By Chloe Revery and Alissa Revness
25 Consecrate
with oil 26 Tango and foxtrot, for two
27 Made the
grade
28 ___ Wall
Street
(protest movement) 29 Designers of Disney attractions 30 Actress Ward 31 “___ there,
done that” 35 Container used to make a sand castle
36 Single feature
of a Cyclops 37 Suffix with kitchen or bachelor 39 Top-quality, as
beef
43 Broccoli tips 44 Early word for
a baby 49 Fitness enthusiast, slangily 51 Feeling of deep
anxiety
52 Lord ___, “Don
Juan” poet 53 Devices often found under stovetops 55 Greek sandwich with tzatziki
56 Trim (down) 57 The ___ of
March 58 Tirade
59 Some time
periods
60 Big part of a T.
rex
61 Pastry in a county fair competition
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