NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Musky “cat” 6 Banned antimalarial 9 Direction to bow, for a violinist
13 Shifts from neutral, in a way
15 Lie about
16 What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle’s theme 17 F in music class? 18 Falco of TV’S “Oz”
19 Causes to run without human involvement 21 Loosening, as a joint
23 Shiner?
24 One who’s up to the minutes 25 Michigan college or its town
27 Key used for exiting
30 Before opening? 32 “Bésame ___” (bolero song) 34 Dedicatee of “Moby-dick” 39 Collect all together 40 Pumped metal 41 Looked for facts in figures 43 “Blinking heck!” 45 Bit
46 [Cluck]
47 Geiger of
Geiger counter fame
49 Slowpokes at the head of a trail
54 PBS’S “___ the Science Kid” 55 “I never look back, dahling. It distracts from ___”: Pixar’s Edna Mode 56 Honesty, kindness or respect, for many people 61 Sports org. for students 62 Common operating system for supercomputers, once
63 Gradually trims … or a phonetic second hint to solving this puzzle’s theme 65 Milk delivery point
66 How things have always been done
67 IDS since the Great Depression 68 2013 biopic about actor Mineo 69 Crapshoots, essentially
DOWN
1 Many Stan
Lee film appearances 2 Sealed the deal 3 Strong and energetic
4 Enter cautiously 5 It’s no loss 6 Hermès, par exemple
7 Expert
8 Sudden source of rain, informally 9 Temper, as fears 10 Nose (around) 11 With 12-Down, secretly plots (with)
12 –
14 The Swiss fly a square one 20 Officer’s title 22 Creator of an animal shelter 25 With 26-Down, repeated occurrences of things in turn
26 –
27 Major option for a future C.E.O. 28 With 29-Down, taught a lesson 29 –
31 Signal to proceed
33 News letters 34 With 35-Down, some common attire for cooks 35 –
36 Tasks 37 Demolition material
38 Finish off 42 TV series with the all-time most-watched episode
44 Prison weapon 48 Novelizes, e.g. 50 Bestow upon temporarily 51 Deploy, as wire from a spool 52 Disappear midtour, say 53 Proust’s “___ Way”
54 Blue notes?
55 Set up for a swing
56 With 57-Down, noble title
57 –
58 Johnson who directed “The Last Jedi”
59 “___ Croft: Tomb Raider” 60 Europe’s thirdlongest river 64 Officer’s title