NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 The Congressional Black Caucus, for one
5 “Do not delay!”
9 Onetime rival of Activision
14 Actor Damon or Bomer
15 One reaching across the aisle, perhaps
16 Fruit with a rind
17 Faultless, biblically [Spanish]
19 Backs out unexpectedly
20 Bane
21 Boot camp participant
23 Setting for part of “Frankenstein”
24 Substitute on TV [Czech]
25 Competitor with variable skills?
29 Roman god
30 Filming locale for “the beach” in “Lost”
31 Threepio’s companion
34 Pick for a pendant
37 With 40-Across, what’s fatefully “cast” in a quote attributed to Julius Caesar [German]
38 Bakery container [Spanish]
40 See 37-Across
42 Single numbers?
44 Adherent of a philosophy of wisdom, justice, courage and moderation
45 “Doin’ the Pigeon” dancer on “Sesame Street”
46 Attribute aptly hidden in “We’re gods!”
48 Signs of good health in puppies
50 Outspoken agitator [Dutch]
55 Phone-y document?
56 “Aww”-inducing
57 Baked Scottish snack
61 The Ingalls family’s little house on the prairie, e.g.
62 Like the second word in 17-, 24-, 37-/40-, 38- and 50-Across vis-à-vis the first word
64 Believe
65 Give the boot
66 Indian food cooked on a tawa
67 Record numbers?
68 Comic Chris of “S.N.L.”
69 Blotch
Down
1 M3, X3 and
3 Series, for three
2 Like some church matters
3 Palindromic guy
4 Title monster in an H. P. Lovecraft story
5 Frida Kahlo works
6 Member of the fam
7 Final bid?
8 Pasta named for quills
9 Drive
10 Cafe analogue
11 Bush-nominated Supreme Court justice
12 Romeo and Juliet, e.g.
13 Map detail
15 Constant irritant 18 Not written down, say
22 Tab for a trip
24 Allude to
25 Bon ___
26 Some sighs
27 One of the Huxtable kids on 1980s-’90s TV
28 Preceder of cuatro … or chic
32 Irish actor Chris
33 Classic TV kid whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet
35 Refreshment suffixes
36 Pre-euro money
38 Targets for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
39 “Get right on it!”
41 Hypothetical entities, for short
43 Rude looks
45 6+6
47 High ball?
49 Part of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.
50 Not just beliefs
51 Home to Shoshone Falls
52 Bat boy?
53 Make adjustments to
54 Audacity
57 Not streamed, say
58 On
59 Low-carb kind of diet
60 Replace “i.e.” with “e.g.,” e.g.
63 Backing