The New York Times
No. 0321
ACROSS
1 Annual destination of about 2.5 million pilgrims
6 Array outside the United Nations headquarters
11 Actress Grier of action films
14 Even a little bit
15 Place to clip a wireless mic
16 Softball stat
17 Injury that’s so embarrassing no one is allowed to mention it?
19 Taylor Swift’s “___ Song”
20 Not just yet
21 One of clubs?
23 It’s no walk in the park
25 Conical dwelling
28 Home to the Munch Museum
29 Tampa Bay footballer, familiarly
30 Result of forgetting to pack a toothbrush for a Doha vacation?
32 Big bungle
34 Avoid a collision at the last second, say
35 “End of story!”
37 Soldier’s
affirmative
41 Artery openers
45 Childbirth assistant
46 Cuban dance performed at a Russian villa?
50 Toilet paper layer
51 Plant in some juices and lotions
52 Pittsburgh-based giant in the metals industry
53 Scene of chaos
54 Made the grade
56 Earthy pigment
58 Penultimate Greek letter
59 Indistinct muttering from a ring-tailed primate?
64 Heart test readout,
for short
65 ___ of Hearts (tart-stealing Wonderland character)
66 Fruit whose name precedes “fruit” in the name of another fruit
67 Competed in a marathon
68 Lieu
69 Matches up
DOWN
1 Step on it!
2 Announcement from a flight attendant, for short
3 Iconic San
Francisco transport
4 Wear for Dracula
5 Not just some
6 Broccoli tops
7 Southeast Asian
language
8 Police dept. alert
9 What the acorn said when it grew up, in a classic math joke
10 Gin flavoring
11 “Survivor” host Jeff
12 Spanish grandmother
13 Something to reflect on?
18 Possibly glitchy software release
22 To a greater degree
23 Largest in a set of kitchen measurers: Abbr.
24 Ancient alphabet
character
26 Nickelodeon’s “_ _ _ Patrol”
27 Palindromic poetic preposition
30 Fixed share of work
31 100% vegan cosmetics brand
33 Casts a wide net, maybe
36 Appealing to selfindulgent impulses
38 Figure on the cover of Action Comics #1
39 Societal woes
40 Emanations from
the sun
42 Org. that uses
Zambonis
43 “Tic ___ Dough” (bygone game show)
44 Searched
exhaustively
46 Snazzily dressed
47 U.S. state with nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline
48 Give support in efforts to acquire a loan, say
49 Soccer legend Mia
53 ___ Christmas
55 Antlered animals
57 Creepy-crawlies
60 Astronaut Jemison
61 Sch. in
Charlottesville
62 Bars to be scanned, in brief
63 Hi-_ _ _ photo