The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Closes

6 Like the voice of someone who’s stuffed up 11 [Guests must provide their drinks]

15 Went after 16 Sheep-related 17 Where the first presidential caucuses are held 18 “Crossing my fingers!” 19 Squiggly mark in “piñata” 20 Earl ___ tea

21 2001 Tom Cruise thriller 23 Some rides from the airport, nowadays 24 Leave out

25 James who sang

“At Last” 27 Nickname for former NBA star Darryl Dawkins 35 “Star Wars” princess 36 Maya who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 37 Diamond pattern 38 Suffix with different or confident

39 “Chill out!” 42 Connected PC system

43 Ready to assemble, as a home

45 Reef predator

46 Flowy hair

47 Amy Adams or Emma Stone, hairwise 51 Keep it ___ (be honest) 52 Sound from a ghost 53 “What a shame”

56 Kind of ice cream suggested by the starts of 21-, 27- and 47-Across 62 Swear

63 Largest city in South Florida

64 Japanese dog breed 65 “Look how great I did!” 66 Shenanigan 67 Enticed

68 Kill, as a dragon 69 Sits for a photo 70 Venue often named

for its sponsor

DOWN

1 Makeshift knife

2 Funny (or sarcastic) joke response 3 Japanese noodle type 4 Pudding ingredient 5 Patron for sailors 6 Friendly response to “Do you mind?” 7 Hertz rival

8 ___ Road, route for Marco Polo

9 “Still …”

10 Director Spike 11 Beginning of the universe 12 Days of ___

13 One with a debt 14 Large inlets 22 Rapper ___ Wayne 23 Maneuver upon missing a GPS instruction 26 Take out of the freezer 27 Video excerpts 28 Symbol on a valentine

No. 0211 29 Floating fuel carrier 30 Race official 31 Rear-___ (auto accident) 32 “The Times They Are a-Changin’” singer 33 African antelope 34 Opera singer Fleming 39 Made the sound of a crow

40 Group that inspired “Mamma Mia!”

41 The first modern one was held in Athens in 1896 44 Off in the distance 46 Nickname

48 Pacific weather phenomenon 49 Unfortunate crowd reaction to a performer 50 [I don’t know the words to this part] 53 College entrance exams 54 Egg-shaped

55 Mr. Pibb or Dr Pepper 57 Has a nosh

58 French female friend 59 Ocean motion 60 Heaps 61 Nickname for grandma 63 It may include the words “You are here”