NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Noble title
5 Deity from whose hair flows the river Ganga
10 “Hold it right there!”
14 Dublin’s land 15 Like a mouse 16 “You don’t need to tell me” 17 “That 1978 musical? Amazing movie!”
19 Long (for)
20 ___ moment
21 Sully
22 One in a black suit
23 Thai hot-andsour soup
25 “That 2009 Pixar film? Incredibly well made!”
27 Thereabouts
28 ___ Kippur
31 Cereal with a Mega Stuf version
32 Life or death, e.g.
34 Coelho who wrote “The Alchemist” 36 “That 2013 Disney movie? Pretty decent!” 40 Experience four seasons in one day, say? 41 “Here’s the thing ...” 43 Complete collection, say 47 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” menace
49 Blows away
51 “That 2009 science fiction flick? Freaking epic!”
53 Biblical mount 55 Plants used in skin care products
56 Early employer of Steve Jobs 59 It’s what makes you you
60 Boy’s name in a #1 Beatles hit 61 “That 2011 neonoir? Insanely good!”
63 Sharif who played the tite role in “Doctor Zhivago” 64 Dummkopf 65 Biblical figure who is compared to “a hairy garment” 66 Some wines 67 Cardiologist’s tool
68 Fellow
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1 Smoothly, in music 2 Noisemaker often heard after a touchdown 3 Aspires to
4 Pro choice? 5 R-rated, in a way
6 Preference for an audiophile 7 “Let’s do this thing!” 8 Collection of traits necessary for “the achievement of great things,” as theorized by Machiavelli
9 Suffix with lemon or lime 10 1960s-’70s archetype 11 Italian Alpine cheese
12 What one might say when the coast is clear? 13 Responsibility for a social media manager 18 Nickname found in consecutive letters of the alphabet
22 It’s usually taken outside 24 Part of B.Y.O.B. 26 Bit of golf attire 29 Tap, as an app 30 Comics read from right to left
33 Some prestigious prizes
35 Functions
37 Baked ___ 38 Where more pigs live than people
39 Largest food delivery company in U.S.
42 Seven-night holiday
43 The “key of glory,” in the Baroque period 44 Body, for hair 45 Thingamajig 46 Sinister smiles 48 Judy Garland, to Liza Minnelli 50 What many children are told not to do on Christmas Eve, but encouraged to do on New Year’s Eve
52 Deck with the Major and Minor Arcana 54 Flair of wrestling
57 Part of a makeshift swing
58 Stratford’s river 61 Private chats on social media, for short 62 Abbreviation often accompanied by a red dot