The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Holy service
5 Hustle
9 “Hallelujah!” singers 14 Humorist Bombeck
15 Half a soft drink?
16 Hurried past
17 Harsh rule, metaphorically 19 Host
20 Honored
21 Hones, as a blade 22 Hobbyist’s purchase 24 Hummer’s interior?
25 “… has come ___ surprise” 27 “Have you ___ wool?” 28 Have a gander
29 Honda Civic competitor from
Kia
33 Heavy D’s genre
34 Hybrid genre of country and
33-Across, pejoratively 35 Handle letters
36 Hammer sound
39 Herd at Yellowstone 40 Heehawing animal
41 Home to Anderson Cooper
and Erin Burnett 42 High-tech gaming
tournament, briefly 43 Hagiography subjects: Abbr. 44 Hercule Poirot, e.g., for short 45 Hopping mad sort 47 “Hamilton” cast member Phillipa
48 Holler when the game is deadlocked
49 “Holy cow!”
52 Herr, here
53 Hard to believe, as a tale 54 Hardy’s “before”
55 “Hurrah!” at a stadium 56 Hard to believe
59 “Harvey” star James 62 Heat center of the 2000s 63 Hypocrite’s perch, perhaps 66 Health problem now largely
eradicated in the U.S. 67 “Here’s an ___ …” 68 Hacks, say
69 Hall-of-Fame QB Bart 70 Hollywood’s Amanda 71 Hang on to
DOWN
1 “Hasn’t impressed me much”
2 “Happy Days ___ Here Again” 3 Haughty intellectual
4 Hang on to
5 Hatch plans
6 Having a rough texture
7 Huge issue for some teens 8 Helter-skelter scrambles 9 Hoodless pullovers often
worn with other layers
10 Hog part
11 Historically
12 “Hah!”
13 Hard drinks similar to
bourbons
18 Haute couture name 22 Home to more than 20
million Pakistanis
23 How loose strings might end
up
26 Having been sloshed out 30 “Hell, yes!”
31 High-priced perfume
ingredient
32 H.S. student’s test result, on a
scale of 1 to 5
36 Homemaker from Mayberry 37 Help
38 Hobby shop purchase with a
large wood or plastic base 46 Helmet wearer’s potential embarrassment
49 “How Deep Is Your Love” singer Barry, Maurice or Robin
50 Huffy response to a threat 51 “Hooray!”
56 Hip dressers
57 Having gone to an extra
period, for short
58 “House” actress Ward 60 Household detergent brand 61 Huge gem, slangily
64 Hotel room option: Abbr. 65 Helpful skill for guessers?