The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Very bottom 6 [OMG!]
10 Super Mario Bros. console, for short
13 ___ trump (bridge bid) 14 Killer whales
16 Be ___ loss for words 17 Reason to raid the fridge 19 Biol. or chem.
20 What a pun rarely evokes 21 Restrained, as a dog 23 “Shucks!,” only stronger 25 Iranian currency
27 Easy camera setting 28 Regret
29 No longer astray
32 Tony winner Menzel 34 In pieces
35 Batter’s grip-enhancing goo 38 Encourages 42 Romanced, in a way 44 “Keen!”
45 1986 Keith Haring antidrug mural
50 Muscles used in pull-ups, informally
51 Greeting in Granada 52 Bitter part of an orange 53 “Oh, man!”
54 The “A” of D.J.I.A.
57 Tore into
59 T. ___ (fearsome dino) 60 Gab
64 3-D medical test
65 John depicted in the biopic “Rocketman”
66 Tiny pond plants 67 Conscription org. 68 Garage sale caveat 69 Wanting others’ attention and approval
DOWN
1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.: Abbr. 2 ___ Arbor, Mich. 3 Poker player’s request 4 Like an ancient Andean civilization 5 Streaming media device 6 Like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” 7 Guggenheim holdings 8 Distinctively shelled bivalves
9 Walk nervously back and forth
10 New Hampshire’s second-largest city 11 And so on, and so on, for short 12 Assented
15 Reggae relative
18 Taj Mahal city 22 French philosopher Jean-Paul
23 Insipid one
24 Car with a four-ring logo 26 Letters before an alias 29 Hand-dyeing technique 30 40 winks 31 Prominent part of an elephant 33 Part of many a showcase on “The Price Is Right” 36 Singer/songwriter DiFranco 37 Abides by, as rules 39 Throw a monkey wrench into
40 Singer Redding
41 Bite between meals 43 Hwy. infraction after a night at the bar, maybe
45 Bracelet items 46 NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity
47 De Tocqueville who wrote “Democracy in America”
48 City often considered the birthplace of democracy
49 F.D.R.’s fireside event 53 ___ King, morning TV personality
55 “Yes, captain!”
56 Big bash
58 Actress Cannon 61 Japanese pond fish 62 Two-timing sort
63 Word after skeleton or answer