Las Vegas Review-Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Places for light bites

6 Grand ___ (French wine designatio­n) 9 Tosses up, as an easy question 13 Make into legislatio­n 14 Talking point? 15 Gumbo green 16 Thinking A or B …hmm…

18 Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzerwi­nning graphic novel

19 Awakens

20 Bottomless chasm

21 Have tired muscles 23 Thinking A … no, B … no, A 25 Toot one’s horn 27 ___ Lingus 28 Alternativ­e to an Airbnb

29 “It’s going to have to wait” 34 Adroit

38 Modern term for the psychologi­cal exhaustion showcased in this puzzle’s theme

41 Raisins, sometimes, for a snowman 42 Iconic logo in athletic apparel 43 Peruvian singer Sumac 44 “Targeted” things on the internet 46 In accordance with

48 Thinking A … but also thinking B? Gah!

55 Very small, informally 56 Window blind elements

57 Super conductors? 59 “___ only” (store sign) 60 Thinking A … B …maybe even C?

63 Carpet measuremen­t 64 Traditiona­l Hanukkah gift 65 Pique

66 Musical symbol for silence 67 A man of ___ word

68 Matter of debate

DOWN

1 Corporate V.I.P. 2 Author Patchett 3 “Like that’s ever gonna happen!” 4 REPEATS, repeats, repeats … 5 Acronym whose “E” stands for “engineerin­g” 6 Tilts

7 Big name in printers and copiers

8 Get value from 9 Hall-of-fame coach who purportedl­y said “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit”

10 Approves

11 Paleontolo­gist’s

tool 12 14

Impudent

Arnaz who loved Lucy “Select” or “chosen” quantity

What visitors to Niagara Falls are often in

21 Tolerate

22 ___ Island (which is actually a peninsula) Rolling Stones album “Get Yer ___ Out!” “Indeed!,” quaintly

Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname

What might help wrap up a gift … or a performanc­e Spanish number Airport served by BART, for short

Ancient readers of the Book of the Dead Running on ___ 20 24 30 32 33 36 37

A little emotional, say “Hey, caught ya!”

Hip-hop article Twice 32-Down In myth they allure, but on the street they alert

“Titanic” award Emergency signal

50 Zaps, in a way 51 National Gallery of Art architect Spots for polish Bad impression? Fast, bygone jet, for short Language spoken along the Mekong

60 “Eww!”

61 Letters for debtors

Bread for a patty melt 40 45 47 48 49 52 53 58

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