The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Highly rated March telecast, with “the” 7 Actor Michael

of “Juno” 11 “Hot” stage

item

14 Bit of broccoli 15 Neon-colored,

say

16 Sound at a fireworks display 17 “Slumdog Millionaire” actress

19 Air Force ___ 20 “Dracula”

author Stoker 21 Archaeologist’s

find

23 “___ Lama Ding

Dong” 26 High-end ridesharing option 29 Become a YouTube sensation, say 31 Wine holder 32 Fairy king in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 33 Trash-talk 34 Fannie ___ (finance company) 37 Bach piece whose title sounds a bit risque

41 Stuff attached to an Acme detonator, in cartoons

42 Do some yard

work 43 Primitive

shelter 44 Gelatin made from seaweed 46 American military construction force

47 U.K. military

force 51 Group of buffalo 52 Stately potato? 53 Scuttlebutt, say 55 Solemnly swear 56 Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47Across?

63 “Men ___ from

Mars …”

64 The “E” of EGOT 65 “Be all you can

be” sloganeer 66 Drug studied by Timothy Leary Potting material 68 Public esteem 67

Not working today

Camera type, for short

Iowa college Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward 5 Snoopy’s

nemesis 6 Restaurant

review symbol 7 Rise, as

temperatures 8 Very long time 9 Dull routine 10 Cute, cutesily 11 Dough or bread 12 Greek column

style

13 Chess

announcement 18 One of the

Beatles 22 Mammal with a

white rump 23 Batman’s

sidekick 24 Prevent, as a

crisis 25 Surrealist

Joan

27 Vaping stick, for

short

1 2

3 4

DOWN

By Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels

28 Do some

grapplin’ 29 Capricorn’s

animal

30 Tiny superhero in the Marvel Universe 33 Dawn drops 34 Gold digger? 35 Paid to play 36 Prima donna

problems 38 Jewish wedding

dance 39 Japanese meeting place that serves refreshments 40 Broccoli ___ 44 “That feels soo-o good!” 45 They’ll show you the world

46 Option when setting up a new tech device 47 Coke, to Pepsi 48 Foul smells 49 Deviated temporarily from a straight course

50 LPs and 45s 54 What a 56Across would tally for this puzzle? 57 Comedian

Philips

58 French friend 59 Siesta 60 Capote’s

nickname 61 First responder,

for short 62 Grain in a

Salinger title

LE

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