The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Name that fills in the blanks to make another name: S_ _ _NNAH
4 Build up over time
10 Have a ball at the mall
14 Acquires
16 Foe’s opposite
17 ___ stick (toy)
18 Prefix with toxin or oxidant
19 Where to find singles, a match and love?
21 Not moving
23 The “A” of 10-J-Q-K-A 24 Misplaces
25 Exasperated cry you might make when being turned over to voice mail
29 Bring on staff
30 Gobble down
31 Conflict of 1914-18, in brief
34 “We’re clear for takeoff!”
37 Apple device assistant
39 Greek letters before chis
40 Form of social diversity
43 $5 bills, in slang
44 One-named singer from Ireland
45 Really bad, informally
46 Letter repeated in the symbol for “closed captioning”
47 Greek letter after chi
48 “Peanuts” character who pranks Charlie Brown with a football
49 Disposable bit of cutlery
56 “Too rich for my blood”
58 Cunning animal
59 Dog from Down Under
60 The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle’s circled letters?
64 Cow’s offspring
65 Hu-u-uge
66 In abundance
67 Acronym for a quartet of entertainment awards
68 Meyers of late-night
69 Embedded pieces
70 ___ sauce
DOWN
1 Audibly shocked
2 Large size at Starbucks
3 Room under a roof
4 Toward the back, at sea
5 Manufacture
6 Sure thing
7 Zellweger of “Bridget Jones’s Diary”
8 Half of duo
9 Masthead figs.
10 Curl up and cuddle together
11 Congressional V.I.P.
12 Meanie
13 ___ and pans
15 Some high-end headwear
20 Congeal
22 Mario’s brother
26 Series of steps
27 Neighbor of Bolivia
28 Bob, buzz or beehive
32 Bit of smoke
33 “Your wish ___ command”
34 Computer debut of 1998
35 Toothpaste holder
36 Wait till morning to decide something
37 Cunning
38 Spanish suffix with señor
39 Be kind, follow the rules, etc.
41 Condo, for one
42 In the shape of a rainbow
47 Hors d’oeuvres spread
48 ___ Tax (Monopoly square)
50 Midday meal
51 Journalist Gwen
52 Drink served with marshmallows
53 Unexpected problems
54 Ice house?
55 High, as goals
56 Some “Italian” desserts
57 Act dejected
61 Sci-fi film tech, for short
62 Color of khakis
63 French for “your”