Las Vegas Review-Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Museum wings? 4 “Wonder Woman” actress Gadot 7 Novelty brand with the slogan “Watch it grow!”

14 Got hitched

16 Jimi in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

17 “Who’s your favorite roguish ‘Star Wars’ character? Han ___?”

18 “How famous is that actress? Is she unknown ___?”

19 Partner of born 20 AOL, e.g., in brief

22 Actor Wilson 23 One, in Berlin 24 Fashion line 26 Have a fight 29 One of several in a Venn diagram

30 Genre of the “Broken Earth” trilogy by N. K. Jemisin 32 Permissive 33 Fixing a faucet or mending a fence, say 35 Dramatic segment 36 Running event 37 “How do you handle losing? Do you feel calm ___?”

40 Flu fighter

43 2018 Pixar short about a dumpling boy 44 Plaza de la Raza locale in Socal 48 “Mazel ___!” 49 Most prone to preening 51 Unedited

52 Work of art 54 Flippers 55 Polynesian crop with medicinal properties 56 Where to find lots of Letts 58 Hound sound 59 Declare

60 “What’s the best way to spend less on shopping? Coupons ___?” 63 “What kind of greens do you want? Spinach ___?”

65 Active during the day

66 Like the king of the jungle 67 Envoy’s workplace

68 Latin law 69 Director Spike

DOWN

1 1962 Paul Anka hit

2 Got hitched 3 Handsome trait?

4 Drink flavored with juniper berries

5 Capital of Ethiopia

6 Let out a notch, perhaps

7 Actor John who plays Sulu in “Star Trek” films 8 Knight in shining armor 9 “Ish”

10 Irene who’s central to the scandal of “A Scandal in Bohemia”

11 Chip in a tube 12 German winter hazard 13 Palindromi­c alternativ­e to .exe

15 Root beer brand 21 Southern part of South America 25 Weapon with a heavy head 27 Home of the Burj Khalifa, for short

28 Office no. 30 In favor of

31 Like a day off, ideally

34 Write (down) 36 Some O.R. and E.R. staffers 38 Credulous sort 39 Swallow 40 Valvoline rival 41 ___ polloi 42 Augment, as a musical track 45 Labor

46 With 64-Down, noted trans activist and actress

47 One accepting an Oscar, e.g. 49 Ones unlikely to enjoy the land of milk and honey?

50 Register

53 Olds of old 55 “Blazing Saddles” actress Madeline

57 “So it goes” 60 Bobbie Gentry’s “___ to Billie Joe”

61 Salted part of a margarita glass 62 Crafty

64 See 46-Down

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PUZZLE BY DAVID W. TUFFS 11/24/2021

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