NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Pit-of-the-stomach
feeling
5 Fastidious to a
fault
9 Wedding
walkways 14 Literary heroine
Jane 15 Entertainment district in London’s West End
16 Watts of
“Mulholland Drive” 17 Seat on a ship 19 Robust brew
20 Get through to 21 Pool of money 23 Start to scream or
shout?
26 Sing like Tom
Waits
28 Phrased
32 “The missing link” 34 Word with raising
or splitting 36 Commercial leadin to Clean 37 Domesticated
38 Fit of wild
emotion
40 Natalie Wood’s role in 1961’s “West Side Story” 41 Foundation 42 Capitol Hill staffers 43 Bet the family
farm, so to speak 45 Instrument found in a post office or grocery
46 Reddit Q&A 47 Major provider of scholarships, in brief
48 Look through a
window, say 49 Like bananas and
banana slugs 51 Orangish-brown
gem 53 Otolaryngologist,
familiarly
54 Make fun of 56 Error’s counterpart 58 Components of a
rosary
61 More often than
not
66 More than enough 67 We: Fr.
68 Big Ten school 69 Holiday dependent on the lunisolar calendar 70 [Ignore that edit] 71 Train tracks
Down
1 With 2-Down, money-saving flight option, often 2 See 1-Down 3 Certain line
segment
4 Hockey feint 5 Receptacle near a
firepit
6 ___ Ark
7 Offering on a sushi
menu
8 Mayor Lightfoot of
Chicago
9 Yet to come 10 Mythological being with a horse’s tail 11 Facilities in
England
12 Prey for a dingo 13 Command that might precede “Shake!” 18 One might have the disclaimer “Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.” 22 Dipsticks
23 Erode
24 “Stop! I’ve heard
quite enough!” 25 Formative 27 Science that deals with the phenomenon spelled out by 10 missing letters in this puzzle
29 “Is it worth the
risk?”
30 Do great at
31 ___ collar (iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg neckwear at the Smithsonian) 33 Part of a coconut that can be shredded 35 Clarification words
for a speller 38 “Freeze!”
39 Along with lentils, one of the two main ingredients in idli
41 Exposed, as a
cover
44 One giving a
wake-up call 45 Hyundai Sonata,
for one
48 Certain
ecclesiastic 50 Punch bowl
go-with 52 Quibble
55 Some antique
collectibles 57 Princess whose brother is not a prince
58 Meadow call 59 Ambulance letters 60 Well-suited 62 “Kidding!” 63 Father of une
princesse 64 Saddler’s tool 65 ___ Américas