The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 9 16
17 18 19 20 21 23 24
28 32
33 35
36 37 40 46 47 48
49 52 54
56 58
Reality checks? Raze
Austin Powers catchphrase Family tree Highway crossing Fail
NBA impossibility Perp alert
Mob man Sequentially arranged Explains in detail Container weight allowances Clever quip LAX scanners (but not lax ones, one hopes)
Unit of cellphone reception Uncle Sam’s land, informally Dating axiom
… or a hint to interpreting four pairs of answers in this puzzle “Natural” at the craps table “Unbelievable!,” in internet shorthand Hypothetical degree
Road runners? Jazz great Shaw Like an impromptu remark
Keep wearing Name for two Spice Girls 59 61 62
66 71 73 74 1 2 4 5 8 9
Well-seasoned Mobile _ _ _ Rehearsed to perfection Excite, as a crowd Conforming to accepted values Some desert dwellers Eerie
Many countryand-western dances
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Admit (to) “Now I remember who sang ‘Take On Me’!” “Washington Week” airer One being quizzed Conductors may conduct them “Never ___ ever ...” Boston’s Mass. ___
Lab liquids
It goes viral in winter Director Justin of the “Fast & Furious” franchise “Wait, there’s more …”
Prop used for kickoffs Entering after the bell
Food items originally called Froffles 22 24
25 26 27
29 30
31 34 36 38
It may glow in the dark
Luau side dish Title role for Tom Hanks in 2022 Scraping tools Arrange loosely Without ice or mixer “Agreed!” Where trailers wind up Spanish love Start to fix? “You got it!” Colorful Coke brand
End of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” Place to put the dough
Email function depicted with a paper plane icon Brasilia-to-Rio dir. 44 45
50 51
52 53 54 57 58 60 63 64 65 67 68
69 70
Playground retort “America” pronoun
“I wish!”
Jets pass in it, for short
Lead dogs Split hairs again? Where Lear exclaims “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” Despite the fact that, informally ___ cheese Video format Tidy up, in a way Bad-mouth LGBT History Mo. Mart start Dog on a cat? Emmy-nominated Issa Economic fig. End of days?
Answers to yesterday’s puzzle