NY Times Puzzle No. 1206
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!”
PUZZLE BY PETER A. COLLINS AND BRUCE HAIGHT 13 Hard drinks 32 H.S. student’s similar to test result, on a bourbons scale of 1 to 5
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
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?
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