NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Doesn’t include
6 Very top
10 Vegetable in borscht
14 ___ cat
15 Drifting ice
16 Stow, as cargo 17 Fragile art form crafted with air and heat
19 Chair parts that tend to wear out quickly 20 Source of bills, for short
21 Paint application 22 Piece of material used to strengthen a garment
23 Props for “It’s the Hard-knock Life” in “Annie” 25 Starter on the mound, often 28 Censoring sounds
30 ___ Gatos, Calif. 31 Sch. in
Columbus 32 Supplement 33 Longtime home appliance brand 35 What “X” might mean
36 Type who’s out of touch with reality
39 Veer sharply 42 Church donation
43 Some frozen drinks
47 Wrath 48 Something about nothing, perhaps
49 Candy piece with white sprinkles
50 Metaphorical source of some government funds
54 Snack (on) 55 Running on ___ 56 Burden 58 Situation that might lead to extra time
59 “By Jove!” 60 Comment before a stupid stunt … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 36and 50-Across 63 Jay with a “Garage”
64 It’s a thought 65 Desktop accessory 66 Home of the tree of knowledge 67 Nuisance
68 Gets ready to wash, say
DOWN
1 Classic rock standard with Spanish lyrics 2 Considering everything 3 Walked heavily 4 London’s ___ Gardens
5 Align, as multiple devices 6 Company with a “spokesduck” 7 Division of the earth’s crust 8 Dawn goddess 9 Important markings on treasure maps 10 Mont ___, highest of the Alps
11 A voice might be heard within this
12 Attorney general under Ronald Reagan 13 Lab simulation 18 Pretend to be, at a Halloween party, say
22 “You should never, ever do this!”
24 Divisions for weightlifters 26 Spot
27 College in New Rochelle, N.Y. 29 Soda can features
33 Best ___ (Academy Awards category)
34 “It doesn’t excite me much”
37 Opera set in Egypt
38 “Micro” or “macro” subject, for short
39 Holder of compressed data
40 Stirred up 41 Relevant 44 Portmanteau for a radical environmentalist
45 Like crosswords on Monday vis-à-vis those in the rest of the week 46 Baseballs and basketballs, but not footballs 49 Neglected neighborhood 51 Turn one’s attention to 52 Parts
53 Finish by
57 Jazz singer Sylvia
60 In the know 61 Phillis Wheatley wrote one “to Neptune”
62 “Get off the stage!”