The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Soft “seat” in the woods
5 Things that may be hot or dropped 9 It’s a lot to assume 14 Shocked response to Brutus
15 Come back 16 Cropped up
17 Good name for an average Joe 18 Related
19 Moving gracefully 20 Start of a saying about getting in the way
23 Acid’s opposite 24 Mad as a hatter 28 Wrangler alternative
29 Start of a saying about negative influence
32 Rocker Bob 33 Elizabeth I, for one 34 Center of a sting operation?
37 Small, flatbottomed boat 40 Stereotypical clown name 41 Concede
43 “The Persistence of Memory” and “Lobster Telephone”
45 Start of a saying about parental discipline
48 Ply the needle
51 Quick, possibly controversial bit of commentary 52 Body of work 54 Warning you might give before revealing the endings of 20-, 29and 45-Across? 57 Like some shrimp and jets
60 “Argo” or “Fargo” 61 The McCoys, e.g. 62 _ _ _-American (like about 6% of the U.S.)
63 Title matchmaker in an 1815 novel 64 James or Jones of jazz
65 Junior and senior 66 Common medical advice
67 Harvest
DOWN
1 Like solving crosswords 2 Eight-time Oscar nominee for Best Actor
3 Action in tennis, swimming and golf 4 Highest, on a diploma 5 Polysemous words have multiple of these
6 Repulsive
7 Smart
8 California county north of Marin 9 Refuses to carry out
10 They’re usually packed on St. Patrick’s Day 11 Caught
12 “Kinda”
13 Finder’s ___ 21 Common cosmetics component
22 Subj. of Charlotte Brewer’s “Treasure-House of the Language” 25 Popular prom hairstyle
26 Apt rhyme for “blob”
27 Sleek, in autospeak
30 Hair-raising cry 31 Bouquet thrower 32 Place to watch a game with friends 34 Draw, colloquially 35 Prime Cuts Extra Gravy brand
36 Strip in the bedroom, maybe 38 Partner of away 39 Tripping hazard 42 Boomerangs for ӬAboriginal Australians, e.g. 44 It might occur to you
46 Ring ref’s decision 47 Calfless cow 48 Slender
49 Slips
50 After-meal amenity
53 Worrier’s ailment, it’s said
55 Garnish for a gimlet
56 Classic boulevard liners
57 Noisy bird 58 Application
59 Hamm with two Olympic gold medals