The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Things driven on ranches 5 Three-time Best Director of the 1930s 10 Gazillionaire
14 Father of Deimos and Phobos, in Greek myth 15 Put on
16 Baldwin of
“The Boss Baby”
17 You may use a roller to get rid of it 18 Reluctant
19 Deep cut
20 Cereal bit
21 What thirsty flowers do 22 Small and delicate 24 Sings the praises of 27 Single-stranded building block 28 Bustle
29 Co. with a striped logo 31 Effect of a sac fly 34 Places where some house pets “go,” in both this puzzle and real life 39 Hobby shop buy
40 “So it goes” 41 1990s commerce pact 42 Number two
43 Kind
44 Diagonally … or a hint to four of this puzzle’s squares 46 Ingredient in many a breakfast cereal 47 When doubled, dance of the 2010s 48 Row maker
49 French word that’s a homophone of 47-Across 51 “Stay calm!”
57 Eat quickly, with “in” 60 Johns across the pond 61 My Chemical Romance genre
62 ___ Caesarea, original name of New Jersey 63 Create, as a chair 65 Fellow 66 Premiere 67 Squeak or creak 68 Host 69 Provides food for 70 Fortify 71 Mideast capital
DOWN
1 Mailing from Lands’ End or Williams-Sonoma 2 High point of
“To Kill a Mockingbird” 3 Slowly
4 Loose fig.
5 The world’s fifth-largest economy
6 Sauce with a vowel-heavy name 7 Babble
8 No longer working: abbr. 9 Reason for an Adderall prescription, for short 10 Bad role model for Oliver Twist
11 Best Supporting Actor nominee for “Argo” 12 Beta ___
13 Like the hook of a good pop song
21 Vast 23 Regenerable parts of a sea star 25 “Goshdarnit!” 26 Cruising speed, maybe 30 Sunbather’s accessory 32 ___ one’s time 33 Roman road
34 Put down
35 Poorly
36 No longer independent 37 Held, as breath 38 Many times, in poetry 42 Surveyor’s finding 44 Part of the body to slap 45 “My bad!”
50 Lily Potter’s maiden name in the Harry Potter books 52 Song from a “Best of” album, maybe 53 Alternative to a guillotine 54 Kind of jacket 55 Muslim leaders 56 Imitator
57 Ski resort vehicle 58 2008 political catchword 59 It may be labeled
2x or 3x
64 “I think ___” 65 Engine part