NY Times Puzzle No. 1219
ACROSS
1 Club fee / “Hell
no!”
5 Nurse back to
health
10 Longtime music label inits.
13 Strip
14 Hoth, in the “Star Wars” universe
16 Share a take
17 Executive’s perk, maybe / It might fit in a tight spot
18 AE, e.g.
20 Full of difficulties
21 Modern-day locale of ancient Persepolis
22 George Sand, for one
25 George Sand, par exemple
26 Queen of Arendelle, in a Disney movie
27 Bring into harmony
28 Humdinger
30 Ping-Pong do-over
32 Floor type
34 Some Hollywood technology, for short
35 Place with hot stones
38 Alison ___, author of “Fun Home”
40 QVC alternative
41 Filmer Kilmer
42 ___ water (trendy drink)
43 Prepared for bad news, perhaps
45 Longtime M.L.B. second baseman Chase
47 Smacks hard / Types
49 “Ghostbusters” director Harold / Pours
53 Mac platform
54 Flattens
55 Best Picture of 2012
56 “I’m in a hurry!” 58 Theater fare 60 Geographical demarcation represented by each of the four slashes in this puzzle
63 “Jeez!”
64 Unveiling
65 Like English bogs 66 Director Craven 67 Owner of Words With Friends 68 Facility
DOWN
1 Dale Evans, for one / Zooey Deschanel TV series
2 Author Mario ___
Llosa
3 Ceaseless
4 Relative of an
ostrich
5 To a great degree 6 Prefix with tourist 7 Put a border on
8 Datebook
listings: Abbr.
9 Uninspired
10 Horn in (on)
11 Glares sourly at, in modern lingo 12 Humble response to a compliment 13 Hawkins of “Li’l Abner” 15 “Volunteers?” / Play’s start
19 Baby blue, e.g.
23 Obstructing / On paper
24 Battery fill
28 Composer Bartók
29 Word before Pan, Man or can
31 Owner of StubHub
33 Not as much
35 Popular crime show spinoff, informally
36 Baby’s bottom?
37 They’re at the top of their game
39 ___ Nostra
44 Inspirational passage?
46 Takes off
48 Brown v. Board of Education city
50 Things that bakeries make but don’t sell
51 Move / Unappreciative person
52 Boyo
54 ___ green
56 “Avoid watching this at the office,” briefly
57 “This Is Us” co-star Chrissy
59 Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex
61 Chemistry particle
62 Holiday drink