The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Outstanding 7 Clothes line? 11 Toothed tool
14 “Now it makes sense”
15 Opposite of baja, in Spanish
16 How many it takes to tango
17 With 58-Across, “I’m so nervous! There are …” 19 Prominent feature of an elephant or dachshund
20 “Now it makes sense!”
21 Word with jerk or joint
22 ___ and Caicos Islands
24 “I can’t stop thinking about it! There’s a …” 28 Marched in an attention-seeking way
30 German luxury auto
31 Cards worth 1 or 11 in blackjack 32 Opposite of exo33 “I’ll return soon,” in a text
36 “Why the troubled look?” … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 48- and 58-Across
41 Edgar’s nickname, perhaps
42 Prefix with sphere 43 Flightless Australian birds
44 Color of unbleached linen 45 Skill
48 “I can’t sit still! There are …”
52 Cloth to dry off with
53 Figs. that include interest
54 Extra amount for a waiter
57 What hips don’t do, per a Shakira hit
58 See 17-Across 62 “___ we there yet?”
63 Where India is 64 It has the same function as “Option” on a Mac 65 6-3, 6-2 or 7-6
66 D.C. ball club, informally
67 Attacks
DOWN
1 Japanese buckwheat noodle 2 “No siree!”
3 What baba ghanouj is often served with 4 Approx.
5 Stunk
6 Senator Sanders 7 Witch trials locale 8 One of the Mannings
9 Had breakfast, say 10 Extinct megafauna species whose name derives from the Greek for “breast tooth” 11 Rear of a ship 12 No longer in slumberland 13 ___-case scenario 18 Ward (off)
23 Prefix with cycle or code
25 Sunrise direction 26 Yin’s counterpart 27 “_ _ _ have promises to keep, and miles to go …”: Robert Frost
28 One of 16 on a chessboard
29 Pain
32 One in a Freudian trio
33 How one sends an embarrassing email to the entire office?
34 Sound defeat
35 Kind of phone signal that’s nearly obsolete
37 Like thick-crust, rectangular pizza 38 Created
39 E pluribus _ _ _ 40 Hanukkah money 44 Language suffix
45 Facebook and Pinterest
46 Record of drinks ordered
47 Dr. Scholl’s product
48 World record?
49 Bête ___ 50 Something a bird or celebrity might do
51 “Get Yer ___ Out!” (Rolling Stones album)
55 Stage name for rapper Tracy Lauren Marrow 56 ___ Ed (gym class)
59 Intelligence org. 60 Sch. for aspiring engineers
61 Everest and Denali: Abbr.