The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Starting players
6 Any classic vinyl record
11 On the ___ ( fleeing)
14 Crown for Miss America
15 Satellite signals
16 ___ Jima
17 Actor with the same initials as Michael Rezendes, his role in “Spotlight”
19 Nuke
20 Sloth, for example
21 Have a go at
22 Put in a tandoor
23 ___ Mahal
26 Citrus garnish in a mixed drink
28 Used a riflescope, say
29 For fun
31 See 49- Across
33 Graphic representation of history
35 Fake ID user, often
36 Fruity drinks
37 Image on the back of a dime
39 Cell messenger
41 Serpentine letter
42 Strong string
43 Floating mass in
the North Atlantic
45 Eye woe
47 Regularness
49 With 31- Across, actor with the same initials as Alfred Hitchcock, his role in “Hitchcock”
52 Performer with a baton
53 Construction girder
54 Didn’t do takeout at a restaurant
56 Altar promise
57 Like lumber
58 Subj. involving telescopes or microscopes
59 Army NCO
61 Grassy field
62 Actor with the same initials as J ake Blues, his role in “The Blues Brothers”
67 Do the wrong thing 68 Fall bloom
69 Set of moral principles
70 Former fast jet, in brief 71 ___ nova ( Brazilian music style)
72 “So I was wrong”
DOWN
1 It’s stuffed with dough
2 Acapulco aunt
3 Musical sense
4 Temple cabinets
5 ___ status ( survey
information)
6 Not working
7 Southpaw punches
8 Lack
9 How doodles are generally drawn
10 What that is, in Tijuana
11 Actress with the same initials as Linda Marolla, her role in “Arthur”
12 Come to
13 Relatives of scooters
18 Oral only No. 0702 22 Establishment that might have a lot of hogs in front
23 “Cheerio!”
24 Parenthetical comment 25 Actor with the same initials as Jefferson Smith, his role in “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”
27 “You don’t have to tell me” 28 Lummox
30 What “<” means
32 Else
34 “___ go bragh!”
38 $ 100 bill, in slang
40 Took a parabolic path 44 Greek sandwich
46 ___ Kippur
48 Is sociable at a party
49 A wide- body plane
has two of them
50 Cavs and Mavs,
for example
51 Billionaires’ vessels
55 Fork prongs
58 Mediocre
60 Ballerina’s skirt
62 Quick punch
63 Bikini top
64 That woman
65 That man
66 Rink surface