The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Word found before and after “and,” in a phrase
5 Unit for a YouTube video 9 Object
14 Mr. : English ::
___ : Persian
15 Novel on which the film
“Clueless” is based 16 Picky ___
17 Matter for the Postal
Inspection Service
19 “Is this really necessary?” 20 *Not formally worded 21 *Like the pitcher in
a batting order, often 22 Ending with orange
or lemon
23 Basis of some
scholarships
25 Part of a Snickers bar 26 *Peacocks, but
not peahens
28 Mork’s birthplace on
“Mork & Mindy”
30 Stack
31 A, B, C, D and E,
to nutritionists
35 Stop signal
36 What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of 39 When doubled,
uncritically enthusiastic 40 Joined the Army, say 41 Sheik’s peer
43 Bask on the beach 44 *Wandered 48 Post-championship
celebration
50 Building by a barn
53 Dark loaf
54 *Like some foreign
protests
55 *What keeps a
part apart
57 Engraved stone marker 58 Pale-colored beer 60 What Britain voted to Brexit from, for short 61 Cordon (off)
62 Give off
63 Wall St. “500” 64 Gets a Venmo request, say 65 Article’s start, in journalism jargon
DOWN
1 Who asked “Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?” 2 Lake Victoria lies on its southern border 3 A little chipper 4 Campus building 5 “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” author 6 Public perception 7 Down Under bird 8 Spitball, e.g. 9 Conductor’s beat 10 Bring before a superior for reprimand 11 Birth announcement 12 Bottom line figure 13 Clenched, as teeth
18 MuggleNet or The Leaky Cauldron, for “Harry Potter” readers 21 Separate, as stitches 24 *Internet addresses 27 Compassionate “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” girl 29 Tears
32 What verb endings indicate
33 Free speech org. 34 Substance for a juicer 36 Killer Bee? 37 Missing button in many an elevator 38 Fuss
39 Meals
42 Argued vehemently (against) 45 Something that requires a special headset to play, informally 46 Lash holder 47 Upper-right keyboard button
49 Next in line 51 “Wouldn’t that be nice!” 52 Olympic pool divisions 56 Walk dizzily
58 “My man!”
59 Part of PRNDL