NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Yaks
5 *Gulf Coast waterway 10 Simpson family member who says “Get bent!”
14 Eye layer containing the iris
15 Reunion attendees, informally 16 “Never Have I ___” (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)
17 Aspiring doc’s exam
18 Imam’s holy book
19 Campbell of “Scream” 20 Sandwich known by its initials
21 Not taking sides 23 ___ de plume 24 One-up
26 “Yay, me!”
28 *Main drag of the French Quarter 34 *Celebration with king cakes 35 Chick’s chirp 38 Eccentric 39 Varieties 43 No power? 44 “Absolutely!” 45 Singer Celine 46 What nephology is the study of
49 Foe of Austin Powers 51 Wombs
53 Bird in a gaggle 54 Rapper Mos ___ 56 Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares
58 N.Y.C. airport 61 Psyched about 63 Once around the track 64 Harlem Renaissance writer Locke 66 “Later!”
67 Mine find
68 “I put the sing in single” singer 69 Ship’s backbone 70 *___ Square (translation of “Vieux Carré”) 71 [Wrong answer!]
DOWN
1 *Cajun stew
2 Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion 3 Arrive at ahead of
4 Parked oneself 5 Prepare, as a king cake 6 Baseball family name
7 Steppes dwelling
8 Actor Epps 9 Annapolis inst. 10 Actor Platt of “Dear Evan Hansen”
11 *St. Charles or Esplanade 12 Uprising 13 *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina 21 Screenwriter Ephron
22 Former Italian money
25 Empty, as a purse
27 Lives (in)
29 “Hang on a sec,” in texts 30 Singer Anita of the swing era 31 Evening, in ads 32 Some NCOS 33 Attempt
35 Plastic pipe material, in brief
36 ___ sauce (sushi roll topper) 37 *Cajun shellfishover-rice dish 40 *Music heard at Preservation Hall
41 Colorful pond fish
42 NBC hit since ’75
47 Actress
Messing
48 ___ Lanka
49 Uno + uno 50 Queenly
52 Ice house
53 Stared in wonder
54 Twilight time 55 Fencing event 57 ___ Grey tea 59 Soda’s pop? 60 Shoelace or muscle problem 62 Popeye’s Olive 65 Women’s ___