THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across 1 What a slob makes 5 Start of a play 9 House, in Havana 13 Poker pot starter 14 Animal used for
Davy Crockett’s cap 15 Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy 16 *Big gamble 18 Daytime host
DeGeneres 19 Good-looker 20 Impressive
accomplishment 22 Scarfed down 23 Commencement 24 *Election Day
receptacle 26 Blabs 28 Former Chevy
subcompact 29 Doofus 32 Poses (for) 34 Pass, as a law 37 *Result of a
financial panic 40 *Tight braid 42 Hogs 43 Desserts good for a
hot day 45 “CSI” evidence,
often 46 D.C.-based agents 48 Adams who photographed Yosemite 51 *Series of changes
from birth to death 54 Criticize in good fun 58 Low-ranking U.S.N.
officer 59 Petrol brand 60 Visitor to a
confessional 61 Lagoon encircler 63 *Precipitous drop in
cost 65 Like Cinderella’s
stepsisters 66 Verdi’s opera slave
girl 67 Sign of things
to come 68 Loathe 69 Gas in a DINER sign 70 Uncool sort
Down 1 Like he-men 2 Energy giant that went bankrupt in 2001 3 Rebounds per game
and others 4 Two trios plus one 5 Pine (for) Answer to Previous Puzzle 6 Murmur lovingly 7 Over the speed
limit 8 Big maker of
microchips 9 Baseball’s record-setting Ripken 10 Train conductor’s
shout 11 Take care of 12 Building wing 15 Recover from 17 Web locale 21 Pie ___ mode 24 Russian pancakes 25 It’s south of Ky. 27 Baton Rouge sch. 29 Belly muscles 30 Tool a magician uses in a womanin-a-crate act 31 Detects like a
bloodhound 33 Movie snippet 35 Pro’s opposite 36 Old “We’re up to something good” carrier 38 Leg joint 39 Blood component that contains hemoglobin 41 W.W. II spy org. 44 ___ counter
(dieter) 47 Part of CBS: Abbr. 49 Lake between Ohio
and Ontario 50 2012 Olympics locale, with a hint to the ends of the answers to the six starred clues
No. 0806 51 Dissolve and wash away, as minerals 52 The “I” of IM,
sportswise 53 Network for
political junkies 55 Genre of the “Pokemon” TV series 56 Break off 57 General way things are going 60 Read
carefully 62 General at
Appomattox 64 Words that have a certain ring to them?