The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Game pieces in Othello and
Connect Four
6 Provocative … like this answer’s
position in the grid?
10 Q: What happens when the ___ clears over Los Angeles? A: UCLA!
14 Beer brand whose name
translates to “morning sun” 15 Looney Tunes bunny
16 Cézanne or Gauguin
17 “You cooked this? It’s
disgusting!” said Tom ___ 20 Gumbo, e.g.
21 One foot in “the grave,” poetically
speaking
22 Festoon
23 Bugle call at lights out 25 Support group associated with
the Twelve Steps
26 “What do you mean there are no PlayStations left in stock?” asked Tom ___
31 “Peace out”
32 “Well, ___ be!”
33 Lip
37 Spot for a sojourn
38 Charge for tardiness 42 Grief-stricken state
43 Scorch on a stovetop
45 Brewery vessel
46 Pastry dough used in crullers
and beignets
48 “I’m worried I may have anemia,”
said Tom ___
52 Had an inclination
55 Kind of column
56 Specialty of clerics, druids and paladins, in Dungeons & Dragons
57 Flat, for short
59 Assistant
63 “You guys are supposed to be ‘Wise Men’ and these are the gifts you bring a newborn?!” asked Tom, ___ 66 With 54-Down,
back to fighting 67 Gumbo ingredient 68 Het (up)
69 “That’s terrible!” 70 Hammer’s end 71 ___ of the state
DOWN
1 Spot for a speech
2 “Who ___?!” (“That’s true of
everyone!”)
3 Relief pitcher’s success
4 Target of a canine’s
canines, maybe
5 Ben Kingsley or Ian McKellen,
e.g.
6 “West Texas town” in a classic
country song
7 Gloom’s partner
8 Formless mass
9 Common word in pirate-speak 10 Outings devoted to relaxation
and self-care
11 Employee at a brick-and-mortar
business
12 Musical bit that slowly fades 13 Close in many close-ups 18 Coyote calls
19 Seven-foot, say
24 Particularly particular 25 Competent
26 Goddess with a reduplicative
name 27 Bird with a reduplicative
name
28 John of “The Suicide Squad” 29 Not be straight with
30 TV ET
34 Nowhere to be found, say 35 Genre for Luther Vandross 36 “___ and I Know It”
(2012 #1 hit for 52-Down) 39 Fervent
40 Sailor, in slang
41 Behold: Lat.
44 Encounter unexpectedly
47 Is connected
49 Prominent part of an
apatosaurus
50 Pulitzer-winning
columnist Peggy
51 Visiting the Natl. Museum of African American History and Culture, say
52 Electronic dance music duo that performed at the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show
53 Home to over seven billion
people
54 See 66-Across
57 Rug rat
58 ___ transfer
60 Man, for one
61 Consider
62 Swirl in a stream
64 Hack (off)
65 Before, to Byron