NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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
___?”