The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Three-point letter you won’t find in Scrabble?

4 One of the

Pointer Sisters 9 Chips, cookies,

etc. 13 Response to “Who’s ready?”

14 Not free 16 Word with

square or air 17 Mercury is in

this

20 “I’ve got it!” 21 Dangers in the

Amazon 22 What subs may

sub for 23 Afterword 25 One with many stuffy clients, for short? 26 Mercury might

be in this 28 ___ Polo 30 Christmas

party?

31 Party in the

U.K.

32 Light touches 36 Is insufficient 39 Hipsteresque,

say 40 Something posted from an online account 42 ___ nationalism, movement associated with the Baath Party

44 Here we are! 45 The Mercury might be in this

51 Rio or Sorento 52 Have no more

in stock

54 Unit of

radioactivity 55 Lab report

component 57 Doesn’t bother 58 Mercury was in

this

61 English poet Wilfred ___

Ice cream brand in

West Coast supermarkets 63 Prefix with

-phyte

64 One’s parents, slangily, with “the”

65 Square

66 Sch. in Texas 62

Chewy, meaty dog treat

Show of hands?

Turkish inn “___ way!” (“Nice job!”) Reply found backward in “No thanks” Clinch, as a victory 7 Lethargic 8 Answer to the riddle “What can someone wear that never goes out of style?” 9 Some Feds 10 Choice words 11 Having a neat

appearance 12 The 19th Amendment is part of this 14 Reply in which one parent says to go talk to the other parent 15 Bullfight bull 18 Burn the

surface of 19 Heated pool? 23 “And so ...”

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By Sam Ezersky

24 Total hassle 27 Goggle

29 Org. for

lawyers 31 Sliceable food

purchase 32 Game for a

toddler 33 Smoothie bar order served with a spoon 34 Defeated

soundly 35 Good to go 37 Brand once promoted as the “forbidden fragrance” 38 “Phooey!” 41 Allure 43 Curling targets 45 Cautionary

store sign from an alcohol retailer 46 Used 47 “Phooey!” 48 Light charges? 49 Centrist in British politics, informally 50 “Bye!”

53 Fridge visit for a midnight snack, say 56 Bowling pins on the back right

57 ___ gai (Thai

dish)

59 Main ingredient in a Longshoreman 60 “Tee” follower