The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Lightly box 5 Ukr. and Lith., once
9 Word used in place of “chapter” in “A Christmas Carol”
14 Soldier of Sauron
15 Runaway
16 Like the function f(x) = x3 17 ___ sort
18 Suppositions
19 “Euphoria” channel
20 “___ but a scratch” (Monty
Python quote)
21 Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic,
etc.
22 Inject (with)
23 Alumni divs.
24 Consume, with “of”
26 Triage team member 28 Awkward radio silence
33 With 39- and 44-Across, dramatic work depicted in this puzzle’s grid
36 Part two of a three-step bottle
instruction
37 Shortening, for short
39 See 33-Across
41 Grp. that sends you a card for
your 50th birthday
42 Kind of wrench
44 See 33-Across
46 Beyond clean
48 Certain still-life figures 50 Brain-enhancing device used
by Professor X
53 ___-weekly
55 Tear
58 Suffix with cyclo
59 ___ Love, Utah’s first Black
congressperson
60 Steely Dan, e.g.
61 Close relative, briefly 62 ___ and leaves
63 Was brought back out for
airing
64 Notoriously difficult chem
class
65 Wheel track
66 “The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war,” as Lincoln supposedly said 67 Structure put together by a
crane
68 Car trip pastime
DOWN
1 Like Santa after entering a
house, perhaps
2 The spinners?
3 What the Avengers do
4 “His Master’s Voice” co. 5 Popular hot sauce
6 Up to now
7 Reddish-brown
8 Blvds.
9 Bagel topping
10 Ice cream container 11 Father of, in Arabic
12 Feeling in the room
13 Prefix with tourist
21 Derek Walcott’s “Omeros,” for
one 22 1950s prez
25 Opportunity for a service
break
27 Renaissance artist Albrecht 29 Steak ___
30 Eleven plus two and twelve
plus one, e.g.
31 It’s south of Leb.
32 What one is known for,
informally
34 Daisy Mae’s man, in old
comics
35 Scrappy-___ (cartoon dog) 37 Some toy batteries 38 Cousin of a club
40 Dance featuring jerky arm
movements
43 “Well played!”
45 Exultant cry
47 “Life of Pi” director
49 Goof
51 French 101 verb
52 Naval jails
54 Delectable
55 Type of animal fat
56 In favor of
57 Bone-chilling
60 Salk and Pepper, in brief 61 Sixth U.S. president vis-à-vis
the second, e.g. 62 Illusionist Geller