NY Times Puzzle No. 0623
ACROSS
Plays for time, in
1
a way
Word repeated
6
by Hamlet before “solid flesh” Hairstyle for
9
Audre Lorde
Bozo
13
13th-century
14
Persian mystic who is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S.
Cookout side dish
16
Mario Kart
17
contestant
The Aggies of the
18
Mountain West Conference
“Blech!”
20
Black ___
21
Indigenous
23
Decorative items
24
washed up on the beach
Meal
27
accompaniment at a trattoria
Flotsam and
28
Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid”
Crusty piece of
29
bread
Stick up
31
The Lorax’s final
34
word
___ Duncan,
36
Obama education secretary
Musician Yoko
37
Hollywood’s
38
Dwayne Johnson, with “the”
Like the blood of
39
a universal donor
Tech that
41
enables contactless credit card payments
Neither’s partner
42
Wedge, e.g.
43
Loquacious
44
Bit of water or
46
snow equipment
What a QR code
47
at a restaurant might link to
Verdant
48
Digs
49
Most desirable,
51
say, as a ripe peach
“Can it!”
55
Where Boxing
57
Day comes
Christmas,
before
in brief?
Ill
58
Jiffy
59
Underwater
61
ecosystems
Cooling
63
succulent
It may be taken
64
in protest
Start of a saying
65
about staying fit
Lairs
66
Is the pope
67
Catholic?
Adam who
68
directed “The Big Short”
DOWN
Malware, often
1
“Curiosity killed
2
the cat,” e.g. Author of
3
“Jurassic Park” Who wrote “To
4
Helen” and “For Annie”
Ambles
5
Support structure
6
Not in the closet
7
Muscat’s
8
sultanate
Actor John or
9 Sean Fleeting romantic
10
interest
Give feedback on
11
Yelp, maybe
Fall short
12
“Beats me!”
15
It may turn at a
19
station
Shift blame to
22
someone else
Nerdy sort
25
“Get it together!”
26
… or a hint to the highlighted letters
’Fore
30
“Roger that,
32
boss!”
Corpus
33
Locales for some
34
Grecian art
Cozy place
35
Thither
40
Farrier’s tool
41
Strike hard, in
43
the Bible
Like the same
45
old same old
Hiding soldiers in
50
the Trojan horse and such
Good things to
52
strike
Actress Vergara
53
Quick to snap
54
Lone
55
One providing
56
a ride at a fair, maybe
Tricked
59
French word
60
between two names
“Exit” key
62
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