NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Holy service
5 Hustle
9 “Hallelujah!” singers
14 Humorist Bombeck
15 Half a soft drink?
16 Hurried past
17 Harsh rule, metaphorically
19 Host
20 Honored
21 Hones, as a blade
22 Hobbyist’s purchase
24 Hummer’s interior?
25 “… has come ___ surprise”
27 “Have you ___ wool?”
28 Have a gander
29 Honda Civic competitor from Kia
33 Heavy D’s genre
34 Hybrid genre of country and 33-Across, pejoratively
35 Handle letters
36 Hammer sound
39 Herd at Yellowstone
40 Heehawing animal
41 Home to Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett
42 High-tech gaming tournament, briefly
43 Hagiography subjects: Abbr.
44 Hercule Poirot, e.g., for short
45 Hopping mad sort
47 “Hamilton” cast member Phillipa
48 Holler when the game is deadlocked
49 “Holy cow!”
52 Herr, here
53 Hard to believe, as a tale
54 Hardy’s “before”
55 “Hurrah!” at a stadium
56 Hard to believe
59 “Harvey” star James
62 Heat center of the 2000s
63 Hypocrite’s perch, perhaps
66 Health problem now largely eradicated in the U.S.
67 “Here’s an ___ …”
68 Hacks, say
69 Hall-of-fame QB Bart
70 Hollywood’s Amanda
71 Hang on to
DOWN
1 “Hasn’t impressed me much”
2 “Happy Days ___ Here Again”
3 Haughty intellectual
4 Hang on to
5 Hatch plans
6 Having a rough texture
7 Huge issue for some teens
8 Helter-skelter scrambles
9 Hoodless pullovers often worn with other layers
10 Hog part
11 Historically
12 “Hah!”
13 Hard drinks similar to bourbons
18 Haute couture name
22 Home to more than
20 million Pakistanis
23 How loose strings might end up
26 Having been sloshed out
30 “Hell, yes!”
31 High-priced perfume ingredient
32 H.S. student’s test result, on a scale of 1 to 5
36 Homemaker from Mayberry
37 Help
38 Hobby shop purchase with a large wood or plastic base
46 Helmet wearer’s potential embarrassment
49 “How Deep Is Your Love” singer Barry, Maurice or Robin
50 Huffy response to a threat
51 “Hooray!”
56 Hip dressers
57 Having gone to an extra period, for short
58 “House” actress Ward
60 Household detergent brand
61 Huge gem, slangily
64 Hotel room option: Abbr.
65 Helpful skill for guessers?