NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Info for an air traveler
5 2019 voice role for Beyoncé
9 Gym leader? 14 Operating system from Bell Labs 15 One tiny bit 16 Basic skateboarding trick 17 Play like a puppy 18 Oboe or flute sound 20 Experiencing agita
22 Precursor of rocksteady
23 Put in
24 Aloof group 26 More than calls 29 Home to around eight million Americans
33 Big-tongued comics character 34 Something you have up your sleeve 35 1992 biopic starring Jack Nicholson 39 -: Abbr. 40 Celebrated Thanksgiving, say 42 Deli supply 43 Sight at the end of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
45 Cry of lament 46 Needle maker 47 Circumlocutory 50 Early TV network that competed with NBC and CBS 53 Features of housewarming parties
54 Funder of New York’s Strawberry Fields memorial 55 Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief
58 Pushes out of bed
61 Some winter wear
65 “Just be patient” 66 Place of refuge 67 Take a ___ 68 Former Expos and Giants manager Felipe
69 Refine, in a way 70 Aphorisms 71 Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle’s answers
DOWN
1 Whiz
2 Mystery writer, for short
3 It’s commonly used to make a product
4 Tract
5 Along with gold, one of the team colors of the Midshipmen
6 Often-muddy transport, for short
7 Places to go in England
8 Wildly
9 Female on a farm
10 Stadium cheer 11 Hound dog hounders 12 Spanish accent 13 Fixes, in a way 19 Caution 21 Lead-in to la 25 Deli slice 27 Cause of some impulsive behavior, in brief
28 “What can ___?”
29 They move in a charged atmosphere
30 It’s a thought 31 Actor Williams of “Happy Days” 32 Swimming 36 Goes it alone 37 Like some farewells 38 Eighty-sixed
12/31/2020 40 Babe in the woods
41 Gets behind
44 A pair 46 Examination 48 Medical symptom, maybe
49 Pair
50 Places to learn to fight
51 Free of blocks 52 Classic Abercrombie & Fitch logo
56 Cartoonists’ supplies
57 ___ of Arendelle (Disney heroine) 59 Betty Boop, e.g. 60 Close-fitting 62 Word with baby or snake
63 Former presidential inits. 64 Darn, darn, darn!