NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 ___ hostel (inexpensive accommodations)
6 Err
10 McEntire of country music
14 Links legend Palmer, familiarly
15 Actor Epps of “House”
16 Wicked
17 Recurring Tyler Perry movie role 18 Miller ___ (lowcalorie beer)
19 Hair on a horse or a lion
20 *Trilogy set in Middle-earth, with “The”
23 A.M.A. members
24 Candlemaker’s supply
25 Nag, nag, nag
29 Unite
31 Banned insecticide 34 Early April zodiac sign
35 [Just like that, it’s gone!] 36 Otherworldly glow
37 *Container for a Kellogg’s cereal
40 Folk singer and protester Joan
41 Singer/songwriter Redding
42 Author Zora ___ Hurston
43 Cunning
44 Muscle pain
45 Is of use to
46 Wine barrel wood
47 One more than bi-
48 *Reputed place at the North Pole
56 “The ___ thickens”
57 Words before and after “or not” in a Shakespeare quote
58 Choreographer Alvin
60 Wander about
61 Bell-ringing makeup company
62 Harsh light
63 Once around the sun
64 Marsh plant
65 What the answer to each of the starred clues has
Down
1 Orange root vegetable 2 Kind of test whose answers can’t be erased 3 Computer command to go back
4 Arena section 5 Physical expression of frustration, in modern lingo 6 Plays a round 7 Leave off, as the last letter in this clu
8 Words at a swearing-in ceremony 9 Amenity at most hotels and airports 10 Altered version of a song
11 “Dear ___ Hansen” (Broadway hit)
12 Google alternative
13 Pub offerings 21 Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby
22 Published
25 Nasty comments
26 Typeface alternative to Helvetica
27 Unpredictable, in an unwanted way
28 “Unbelievable!”
29 Animated lead singer of the Pussycats
30 “My bad!”
31 Largest city in the United Arab Emirates
32 Wryly humorous
33 What the I.R.S. collects
35 The white stuff in an orange
36 Riding the waves
38 Jon Bon Jovi or Simon Le Bon
39 Make a mental image of
44 Grp. to call for a tow
45 Biblical boat
46 Furry swimmer
47 Poll finding, perhaps
48 Lively for one’s age
49 Spiky plant with soothing juice
50 Celestial explosion
51 Created a tapestry
52 Slender woodwind
53 Ending with Capitol or Faith
54 Name of many Norwegian kings
55 ___ Noël (boss of 65-Across, in France)
59 Positive response