The New York Times
Edited by Will Shortz No. 0131
ACROSS
1 Seize
6 Alternative to “swipe” for a credit card
9 Pizazz
14 Word with life or
screen
15 One of the
Manning brothers
16 Measurement on
an electric meter
17 Fly the coop
19 Spanish restaurant
fare
20 Prepared to fight
Goliath?
22 Scheming
23 Like the numerals
1,2and3
27 Dutch beer named
for a river
31 _ _ _-chic
33 “I’m ___ Boat” (Lonely Island song)
34 Practiced changing one’s costume by the clock?
36 The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the NCAA
37 Private university
of North Carolina
38 Leader who was the author of “On Protracted War”
39 First murder victim
40 Common wine
barrel material
41 Invested on Broadway, say? 45 Article in Le Monde 46 Taking off 47 Earmarks 48 Matchbox, e.g.
50 NBC staple since
1975, in brief
51 Betrayed Paddington? … or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle
58 Arm bones
61 Something you shouldn’t take lying down?
62 Philly school
63 In which the pinky and thumb pointing out represents Y, in brief
64 Like a cemetery at
night, maybe
65 ___ Popovich, longtime coach for the Spurs
66 Turndowns
67 Latin dance
DOWN
1 It’s written as
“CCCP” in Cyrillic
2 Japanese rice wine
3 Pupil’s place
4 Chris formerly of
50-Across
5 Gave positive
reinforcement
6 Old presidential
nickname
7 Penne ___ vodka
8 Spot from which to
say “bon voyage”
9 Protruding feature
on a cliff
10 Tennis star Naomi
11 Hiker’s aid 12 Sports org. with an annual championship on the weekend before Memorial Day
13 “___ So Shy” (1980
Pointer Sisters hit)
18 Actress Reese of “Touched by an Angel”
21 Waikiki locale
24 Owie
25 Ad section in a
newspaper, maybe
26 Seals, in a way
27 Dined at a
restaurant
28 City in which to see “Il Cenacolo” (“The Last Supper”)
29 Motown legend
Robinson
30 Perfect score,
often
31 Prominent parts of
toucans
32 Plains tribe 35 Sonoma and Yukon
39 Leatherworker’s
tool
41 Extra-loud, as a
loudspeaker
42 Prefix with
nautical
43 Fine partner?
44 Audience for which a G-rated film is appropriate
49 Keeping in the
loop, in a way
50 Unloads, so to
speak
52 Bridge
53 Meh
54 La ___ Tar Pits
55 Rank associated with tea and sandwiches?
56 Honeybees’ genus
57 Large flightless
bird
58 Toupee, slangily
59 Borrower’s
concern, for short
60 Poor grade