NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Scotch ___ (3M
product)
5 Olympic martial
art since 1964
9 Apt rhyme for
“slams”
14 Do as one’s told 15 Sailing the
ocean
16 Roomba or
Automower
17 Go strolling
19 One end of a
battery
20 Squirrel’s stash 21 Sub at an office 23 Two-finger
victory sign
24 Use, as a towel
at the shore
25 Outdoor
concert stage 27 Doozy
29 Canal to the
Red Sea
30 Stiff test
35 Fuss in front of
a mirror
38 Legacy I.S.P.
39 Immunity tokens on “Survivor”
41 Genetic
messenger
42 Sings out with a
lot of power
45 Turnpike feature made obsolescent by electronic passes
48 Sushi bar drink 50 Metal for a
girder
51 Gel-filled Nyquil
offerings 55 Post-o.r. stop 59 Post-o.r. stop 60 Warsaw
resident
61 Wildly absurd,
colloquially
62 Chef De Laurentiis of the Food Network
64 Unresolved details … and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters
66 Subs at a deli 67 Start a poker
pot
68 Menu bar
option
69 Big obstacles at
a golf course 70 Where to buy
shares of G.M. 71 Easter egg
colorings
DOWN
1 Completely
wreck
2 Early
calculators
3 Black tea variety 4 “You’ve got to be kidding” reaction
5 Film with the line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”
6 Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the ___”
7 Airline with its main hub in Atlanta
8 Like many chardonnay barrels
9 Brings to a close 10 Sweetie
11 Warmer than freezing, on the Celsius scale
12 One posing for
an artist
13 Metal for a
girder
18 Declare invalid,
as a marriage 22 OB/GYNS and
36-Downs
25 ___ cake (ring-shaped dessert)
26 What’s-___name
28 Garland gift in
Hawaii
30 Ride that’s
hailed
31 Weeder’s tool
32 Even-steven
33 Slimy stuff
34 “Black-ish” co-star Tracee ___ Ross
36 Sinus specialist,
for short
37 “I don’t think
so”
40 35mm camera
type, in brief
43 Letter after
sigma
44 Ticket granting access to the slopes
46 Carried
47 Tournament
favorite
49 Green: Prefix
51 Traffic signal
52 Less welcoming 53 Writer Edgar
___ Poe
54 Spring bloom 56 Skillful with
home repairs 57 Actress
Macdowell
58 One-ups
61 “Gotcha”
63 Stag’s mate
65 Tiebreakers in
hoops