The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 “The Fresh Prince of ___-Air” 4 Icy ocean hazards
9 Less than 90º, as an angle14 Down Under bird 15 State known for potatoes 16 Pirate’s pal
17 Be determined by
19 Lying facedown 20 Encourage, as in behavior 21 Small drink
23 School fig. that might be
weighted
24 Geometry calculation 25 Critical moment in tennis 29 Sort who tells no tales, per
an old saying
31 Argue
32 Wimbledon unit
33 Garlicky sauce
36 Ballet, e.g., in French 37 Extremely flammable, as
vegetation
39 Certain wedding hairstyles 42 Apt vowels missing from this phrase: TH_ L_TTL_ K_DS’ S_NG
43 Mac alternatives
46 Vampire vanquisher, e.g. 48 “Don’t worry about it” 50 Fuzzy buzzers
53 Keen on
54 Engineered crop letters 55 Repair
56 “Thus ...”
57 Chinese or Lao
59 Modern medium for meeting someone … or what each of the starts of 17-, 25-, 37and 50-Across is
62 Like the taste of Tic Tacs 63 Give the most votes, as a
candidate
64 D.C. baseballer
65 Common teenage emotion 66 Vampire-vanquishing weapon
67 First cluenumber in this puzzle that doesn’t have an Across answer
DOWN
1 Gives the Anne Boleyn treatment
2 Many an ex-pat
3 Attack, as in fencing
4 Good, in Guatemala
5 School website ending 6 Genre for Nicki Minaj
7 Stop replying to, as on a 59
Across
8 Video game hedgehog
9 Hype (up)
10 Storage spot in a ship 11 Perfect
12 Ones with leases
13 One of up to 200(!) on a
scallop
18 Provoke
22 Hood wearer at a graduation,
for short 25 Common street name 26 Battery terminal
27 Five Portuguese kings
28 Bit of concert merch
30 “The Marvelous Mrs. ___” 34 Hawaiian garland
35 Adler in the Sherlock Holmes
canon
37 Playthings in bathtubs
38 “Ay ___ mío!” (Spanish
“OMG!”)
39 Car-to-phone connection option
40 Connects to an electrical
outlet
41 Beaver’s job
43 Necklace dangler
44 Person being used by another
45 Go as low as
47 Whistle blower
49 Common eyeliner shape 51 ___ one’s time (waits) 52 Laud
56 Starting poker payment 57 Doctor’s org.
58 Longtime media inits. 60 Green or black beverage 61 “Gross!”