The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Triumph of diplomacy 5 Not do much of anything 9 Norse trickster
13 Lunge toward
15 1992 Brendan Fraser film about a thawed Cro- Magnon 17 “The Tortoise and the Hare,” e. g.
18 Shorelines
19 Framework for vines 21 Twosome on TMZ 22 Muscleman of “The A- Team” 23 “___ and improved!”
25 It’s the place to be
29 “___ of the tongue leads to
that of the heart”: Jefferson 32 ___ Grande
33 Auto pound, for one 35 Totally dominate, in slang 36 “Let me see …”
37 The girl in the Disney song
“Kiss the Girl”
38 So- called “twin killings” in
baseball, for short 39 Celebrate wildly
40 Some whiskeys
41 One who brushes off a
plate, informally
42 Clears one’s mind, with “up” 43 Wok, for one
44 Bubble gum in 1906, e. g. 46 Behind financially
48 ___ Speed Wagon
( old truck)
49 Military installations: Abbr. 51 Fish with long jaws 53 Certain female baby on a farm 56 Response to “Objection!,” maybe
60 Writing that can get you in trouble
61 Woolworth’s, once
62 Gal’s guy
63 Object of dirty looks? 64 Circle in the game hangman 65 Actor Rogen
DOWN
1 [ Fizzle]
2 Raise the ___
3 Chat room pal
4 Accounts of Paul Bunyan,
say
5 Tenant
6 Ariana Grande’s “___ Last
Time”
7 Berry in a purple smoothie 8 Section of a bookstore 9 Rich soils
10 Meditation syllables
11 Kit ___ bar
12 Outs’ opposites
14 No. on a business card 16 On and on and on
20 Part of M. I. T.: Abbr. 24 Burger King offering 26 Like something that really shouldn’t have happened 27 Edmonton N. H. L.’ er 28 Things most interstates
don’t have
30 “OMG, I’m dying!” 31 Reactions to slugs
33 Wrist bones
34 Early Indo- European
36 It’s spun by mendacious people … or a hint to the shaded answers
38 Org. staffed by sloths in “Zootopia”
39 Key piece in French chess 41 Fabrication
42 Put away for safekeeping 44 Some building beams 45 “Thanks, I ___ that” 47 Source of beautiful plumes 50 Refine, as metal
52 Liqueur flavor
54 One with pointy shoes and
ears
55 Meh- feeling
56 Some drug cases, for short 57 Liveliness
58 Fast runner Down Under 59 Elizabethan ___