The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

Note: The clues in this “uniclue” crossword appear in a single list, combining Across and Down. When two answers share a number, they also share a clue, in a manner to be determined.

CLUES

1 Rubberneck 2 Lands heavily 3 Predators of penguins

4 ___ to shame 5 Stiffly formal 6 Rice-A-___ 7 Not reacting 8 Raised one’s spirits?

9 Old Glory 10 Past the point of being a joke, say

11 Best Picture winner directed by Ben Affleck 12 Fidel’s brother and successor in Cuba

13 Take off

14 No ___ traffic 15 Author Jaffe 16 Holy scroll 17 Sold at Sotheby’s, say 18 “Huh-uh!” 19 Scoundrel 20 Multivitamin fig.

21 Part of the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed by a 2019 fire

22 Remark from one who’s obviously not going to call 23 Ancient Jewish ascetic 24 Emoji that can mean “Get a load of this!”

25 East Coast city on a western coast

26 60 secs.

27 City near Leeds with historic walls

28 “Quit fooling around!”

29 Second-level 30 Counselor Deanna on the U.S.S. Enterprise 31 Frayed so? 32 Pen sound 33 Kind of sauce in Chinese cuisine 34 Third and fourth word in many limericks 35 French political division 36 Vivid colors 37 Game with antlers

38 The last one was named Louis 39 Breakfast grains 40 Portuguese greeting 41 Fully from, as a place

42 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup champs 43 Footwear fashion

faux pas 44 Condition that can lead to repetitive behavior, for short

45 Risk losing one’s license, say 46 1950s-’60s entertainment group 47 Container at a bakery

48 Button on a deli scale 49 Houston team 50 Country with 28 states 51 Enthusiasm 52 Actor Poitier 53 “Gotcha” 54 Each 55 Exaggerated stories 56 Proven to be reliable 57 Orange discard 58 “No food for me, thanks” 59 “Impractical Jokers” channel 60 Italian man 61 Reproductive cells 62 Cowboy’s lasso 63 Sneaker insert 64 Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ 65 Store hours word 66 Anxiety about being excluded from the fun, for short

67 “Feel the ___” (bygone political slogan) 68 Paradises

69 The Jackson 5 had some big ones, informally 70 “Slow Churned” ice cream brand