NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Surrounded by
5 Senator Mike of Idaho
10 Its state fair is much visited by politicians 14 Stream from a volcano
15 Any episode of “Parks and Recreation,” now
16 Toot one’s own horn
17 *Joe cool?
19 Taj Mahal locale 20 Wall Street average, with “the”
21 Backstabs
23 Annual TV awards
26 Island nation in the western Pacific 28 Opposite of yeses
29 Word before sauce or milk 30 *Amenity for jet-setters
33 Trail
35 Neither’s partner
36 The first “X” of X-X-X
37 *What investigators really want to know
42 [It’s c-c-old!] 43 A-to-zed lexicon, in brief 44 Attire 46 *Aromatic fragrance with a French name 51 Color TV pioneer
52 Some investments, for short
53 Untagged, in a game of tag 54 What a redfaced emoji might mean 56 Relaxing soak after a long day, maybe
58 Bay Area hub, for short
59 Fit for military service
60 Fairy tale chant from a giant … or the ends of the answers to the starred clues
66 Make, as money
67 Not illuminated 68 Boston’s ___-Farber Cancer Institute 69 Hockey puck, e.g.
70 Animals symbolizing innocence 71 Community facility that often has a gym and pool, in brief
DOWN
1 Mahershala of “Green Book” 2 PC alternative 3 “Now ___ heard everything!” 4 Papa
5 Bird that caws 6 Official with a whistle
7 Little dog’s bark 8 Southwest tribe or one of its dwellings 9 Where meaningless words go in (and out the other)
10 Letter-shaped construction support
11 Natural food producer 12 On guard against
13 Tennis great Andre
18 ___ Nostra 22 ___-frutti 23 Telepath’s “gift” 24 Means of defense that doesn’t actually have alligators 25 Discovery Channel program that debunked popular beliefs 26 Amateurs no more
27 Kind of reasoning
31 Red Roof ___
32 Part of a bird or museum 34 What’s rounded up in a roundup 38 “The Faerie Queene” woman
39 Adroit
40 University email ending 41 Apex predator of the ocean 45 Rebuke to Marmaduke 46 Bounced back, as a sound 47 God, in the Torah
48 Quantity of stew
49 Greek goddess of wisdom 50 Peeve
55 Full of emotional swings 57 Establishment that’s usually closed on Sundays
58 Poses for a photo
61 Boston’s Liberty Tree, e.g. 62 Whopper junior?
63 Kin, informally 64 Tar Heels’ sch. 65 Goat’s bleat