NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Converted into
fuel, as coal
6 Former gridiron org. for the Memphis Maniax and Orlando Rage
9 Maximally
15 Superheroes’
specialties
17 “For richer, for ___ …”
(vow words)
18 *Four-time heavyweight champ nicknamed “The Real Deal” 19 Download without paying, say
20 Role in “The
Matrix”
21 Prefix with
skeleton
22 Like “aurum” for gold and “ferrum” for iron
23 *Gift that comes with a hitch?
29 Lose it
31 Holes in shoes 32 Paid to play:
Var.
34 Narrow estuary 35 Thanos, to the
Avengers
38 *Place that honors those who’ve served 43 Twisty curve
44 Laugh like a
Stooge
45 Japan’s oldest
religion
46 ___ Pilate 50 Corporate
raider Carl
51 *Producer of a
lot of suits?
55 Cary of “The
Princess Bride” 56 “I, ___” (Langston Hughes poem) 57 Humanities
subj.
60 “Cut that out!” 62 Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years … and a hint to the answers to the starred clues
65 Mistakes
66 Epithet for
Jesus in some church names 67 Like many returning spring breakers
68 Relatives of
“ums”
69 Take a soak
DOWN
1 Sammy with
four Oscars
2 Instrument heard in “I Got You, Babe”
3 Units on an
electric bill
4 Ron of Tarzan
on 1960s TV
5 “What’s the
___?”
6 Mandarin
“thank you”
7 Tax evasion, e.g. 8 Inspiration for the Beatles’ “Day Tripper”
9 Venmo, e.g. 10 Where you’re actually going when you “see a man about a horse”
11 Quagmire
12 Speechify
13 Take effect
14 Reznor of rock’s
Nine Inch Nails 16 Knotted (up)
24 Relative of a foil 25 Road sign
animal
26 Start of an idea 27 Ballet move
28 Paper units
29 Collapsed, with
“in”
30 About half of all
binary code
33 Taylor who sang “Tell It to My Heart”
35 Last task before
sending to print 36 “Solemn” words 37 Musk who co
founded Paypal 39 Trail mix
ingredients
40 Goes on a run 41 Home to the Cedar Point amusement park
42 “___ Suave”
(1991 hit)
46 It’s found beneath the crust
47 Like some job
training
48 Series of bookings across America
49 Combs
51 Under siege
52 Super
53 ___ to secrecy 54 Goblins, in
folklore
58 Lye, in
chemistry class 59 Move in a spiral 61 Skosh
62 Female caribou 63 Most popular U.S. dog breed, familiarly
64 Actress
Mendes