Las Vegas Review-Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Source of the line “The meek shall inherit the earth”

7 Dramatic exhalation

11 One of the two main branches of Islam 15 Something not often seen on roofs anymore 16 World capital on a fjord 17 Collectibl­e caps of the 1990s 18 *Bygone Crayola color

20 Case for small toiletries 21 Superman’s adoptive family name 22 Penthouse perks

23 Org. affected by Title IX

24 Buildup at the mouth of a river 26 Utterly convinced of 28 Do some stitching

29 Large wine vessel 31 Regarding

33 Tools with teeth 36 Narcissist­ic trait 39 Govt. pillapprov­ing body 40 “___ bin ein Berliner” 41 *Sweet, healthful treat 42 Very long time 43 Melber of cable news

44 Brutish

45 Departed 46 Driving force? 48 Cul-de-___ 49 Month après avril

51 Deprived (of) 53 They’re rounded up in roundups 55 Singer Bareilles 56 Citizens of Dubai and Abu Dhabi

59 Workers’ rights org. since 1965 61 Butting heads 62 *World’s largest terrestria­l arthropod 65 Puerto ___ 66 Turnpike expense

67 Actor Mickey of “The Wrestler” 68 Pastry decorator 69 Salacious stuff 70 “Hold on … almost …!”

DOWN

1 Friend

2 Partner of hide 3 Partner of dangerous 4 Disney’s Nala, for one

5 Mickey of the Yankees

6 Like a wink or a nudge, maybe 7 Many sopranos’ songs

8 Part of an archipelag­o 9 Item waved at a rave

10 “In what way?” 11 Opposite of

saves

12 *Sign in a deli window, perhaps

13 Large, herbivorou­s dinosaur that could walk on two legs

14 Difficult area to maintain control of in the game Risk

19 Perón of

Argentina

25 Annoying,

ignorable sort

27 The letter “I” in

Pixar’s logo

29 “And there you

have it!”

30 Storage space

under rafters

32 Vent

vehemently

33 “The King and I”

setting

34 Like many Cirque du Soleil performers

35 *Staple of Japanese cuisine 37 Where visitors

may stay

38 “So ___!” (sarcastic retort)

41 Cost of a ride

45 Like some

roomy jeans

47 Figure of

speech?

50 Childish

comeback

52 Word repeated

in “___ are ___”

53 “As Seen on

TV” channel

54 “My bad”

55 Garment whose name sounds like 54-Down

57 Rights org.

58 Flash of

lightning

60 Word that can follow either half of the answers to the starred clues

63 Large tea vessel

64 “You wanna

___?”

 ?? PUZZLE BY OLIVIA MITRA FRAMKE ?? 02/23/2021
PUZZLE BY OLIVIA MITRA FRAMKE 02/23/2021

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