NY Times Puzzle No. 1023
ACROSS
1 Handle difficult matters satisfactorily
5 Device connected
to a router
10 Song syllables
14 Gemstone with a
“fire” variety
15 Election victor of
2008 and 2012
16 Spoken
17 Listing of disciplinary infractions [1950s to early 1980s]
20 Insect in a colony
21 Actress/ comedian Rudolph
22 Where Fairbanks
is
23 “American ___”
25 Pigeon shelters
26 Tan adhesive [1970s to early 1990s] 30 End-of-class
sound
31 By oneself
32 Abbr. before a year on a business sign
36 Cousin of a
mouse
37 Parts of
molecules
39 Be in the red
40 Cool and distant
43 Indigenous
people of Canada
44 Prayer’s end
45 Fixed-term bank offering that pays well [1990s to 2000s]
48 Chaotic spectacle
50 Way in or out
51 So-called “missing link” in our ancestry
52 “___ all work out
in the end”
54 Made in ___ 57 Recycling option that collects paper, plastics and metals together [2010s to present]
60 Works by Picasso,
por ejemplo
61 Bad habits
62
63
64 Campfire remains
65 Star in Lyra 1 Club in a Barry Manilow hit, informally
2
3
4
5
6 Follow orders
7
8
9 One of a pair of
shakers
10 Finds on a map
11 Stood
12 Certain songbirds
… or escapades
13 Alan of “Marriage
Story”
18 Wildly out of
control
19
24
Old Russian leader
Sit for a portrait
DOWN
Ready for business
Having a liking for
“A Nightmare on ___ Street”
Painting known for its enigmatic smile
Actor/comedian Carvey
First responder, for short
Skip the elaborate wedding, say
Broadband connection inits.
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26 Happy ___ (McDonald’s offering)
27 V-shaped cut
28
29 Marisa of “SpiderMan: No Way Home”
30 Article under a
blouse
33 Star of the “Mission: Impossible” films
34
“No guts, no ___”
Amazed
35 ___ & Jerry’s
38 Easy to eat, as some grapes and watermelons
41 Texter’s astonishment, spelled cutesily
42 Last
44 Big fuss
46 Conventionhosting Swiss city
47 Showgirl at the
1-Down
48 Vice president
Agnew
49 Pennies
51 “Like … NOW!”
52 Wool sweater
annoyance
53 Genealogy chart
55 Unforeseen
problem
56 Home of the Taj
Mahal
58 Bro’s sibling
59 Network that aired “Jersey Shore”