The New York Times
ACROSS
1 Paper size longer
than letter
6 Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabet
10 ___ melt
(sandwich)
14 Start of a serial
15 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” singer/lyricist
16 Start and end of every row in Pascal’s triangle
17 Crotchety geezer with a heart of gold?
20 Raggedy ___
21 In a permissive
manner
22 King, queen or
rook
23 Paper-_ _ _
25 City bird
26 “Home Sweet Home” needlepoint pillow, e.g.?
31 Seal up
32 Greek god of love
33 Streetcar, to a Brit
37 Word with pressure, pocket or pollution
38 Takes offense at
41 Rink surface
42 Capital of
Azerbaijan
44 Heredity unit
45 Sorts 47 Coup d’état that’s been judicially suspended?
50 Hotel Bible name
53 “If all ___ fails ...”
54 Decorate
55 “To your health!”
toast
58 Employer of manicurists and pedicurists
61 Where social graces were once taught ... or a hint to this puzzle’s theme
64 Like some
farewells
65 Febreze target
66 Tickle
67 Hellenic H’s
68 Baseball’s Alonso
or Rose
69 “Designing Women” and “Young Sheldon” actress
DOWN
1 Sports org. that awards the Vare Trophy
2 Bring in
3 Labor that requires brawn, not brains
4 After-hours banking convenience, in brief
5 Cosmetic pencil
6 Microsoft game
console
7 Tape dispenser
insert
8 Raggedy ___ 9 ___ Kippur
10 This evening
11 Wipe from the
memory, jocularly
12 Longtime manufacturer of Sweethearts
13 Very pale
18 Comic actor
Bowen
19 Film with a huge
cast
24 “The Barber and ___ Wife” (“Sweeney Todd” song)
25 Attention-getting
sound
26 Sign of healing
27 Director Kazan
28 Novelist Ken
29 Greek goddess of
peace
30 Having welldefined muscles
34 Removes the shampoo from, say 35 Rock band on Butthead’s T-shirt
36 Chicken wire
pattern
39 “The Candy House” author Jennifer
40 Yarmulke, e.g.
43 Data in password
managers
46 “___ a long story”
48 Oodles
49 Mattar paneer
ingredients
50 Embarrassing
blunder
51 Nincompoop
52 Prima _ _ _
55 Team
56 Muscle problem
57 Story time
monster
59 The Washington
___
60 Drinks labeled
“XXX” in comics
62 Short trip
63 Med. plan choice