NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Transporter with
sliding doors 5 Saddle
accessories 9 Kicker’s target 14 Consumer’s boon 15 “How ___ Your
Mother” 16 First lady with a popular recipe for “million- dollar fudge” 17 School founded
by Henry VI 18 Refuge 20 Mitt Romney’s
wife 21 Pilot’s
surroundings 22 Business add- on? 23 Alternative to a
gun 25 Futurist 26 Situation with equal losses and gains 27 “Precisely!” 29 Soccer star Chastain with two Olympic gold medals 31 With 44- Across, V. I. P. area represented four times in this puzzle 35 Microsoft offering 36 Fish ___ 39 Gavin of “The
Love Boat” 41 What a Möbius
strip lacks 42 Rehm of public
radio 44 See 31- Across 46 Capital on an
Asian peninsula 48 ___ Tomb 52 Without
modification 53 Jack who was quick with a quip 57 Odd group of
musicians? 58 Extra charge for an airline passenger 59 Shift+ 5 on a
keyboard 61 “This puzzle is relatively easy,” say 62 Not a good
example 64 High- quality
cotton 65 Like most of
Maine 66 Holder of the
Obama cabinet 67 Bargain 68 Popular drink 69 Like some cellars 70 Alison Bechdel memoir made into a hit 2015 Broadway musical
Down
1 Luxuries for
theatergoers 2 Quick break 3 King in “The
Tempest” 4 Kylo ___ of “The
Force Awakens” 5 City with a
famous bell tower 6 Collect 7 Author who did part of his work on Friday 8 Jobs once in
California 9 F. B. I. agent,
informally 10 Conjunction in a
rebus puzzle 11 Atmosphere 12 Locale of hostile criticism, metaphorically 13 Archetype 19 Cannabis, e. g. 21 Shelter staffer 24 Alternative to “…” 26 Material for
Icarus’ wings 28 F. D. R.- created program with the slogan “We Do Our Part” 30 Pittance 32 Base fig. 33 “The Lord of the
Rings” figure 34 Certain whistle
blower 36 Need for drugs 37 De- suds 38 Japanese style of
chicken 40 Palm ___ 43 Rapper who famously feuded with Jay- Z 45 “Music for Airports” composer 47 Tiptop 49 Taking the place
( of ) 50 Artist LeRoy 51 Sneakily advance from third 54 Parabolic, e. g. 55 Automaker whose current models all end in “X” 56 Material used in
mummification 59 “The King of
Football” 60 Make out 63 Controlled 64 Common email
attachment