The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
FREDDIE CHENG
ACROSS
1 State known for lobsters and pine trees
6 Laziest of the
deadly sins
11 Pal
14 St. ___ fire 15 Outdoor lounging
area
16 Actress Gasteyer of “Saturday Night Live” fame 17 Athlete who rarely gets sacked or has a pass intercepted 20 Pig 21 Stereotypical
name for a dog 22 Like neon gas 23 Classic cinema
name
26 It’s inhaled on an
ocean cruise 27 Frenzies 29 Run-down places 31 2, 4, 6 and 8, but
not 1, 3, 5 and 7 32 ___ latte
33 Figure to aim for, according to personal trainers 40 Moistens
41 Bar mitzvah
dances
42 Pastry made with
an orchard fruit 47 Start, as a
computer 48 Coins of India 49 Stuff of little
substance 50 Woman’s name derived from the Greek for “peace” 51 Angel’s
overhead? 53 “That’s really
nice!” 56 Political group symbolized by a donkey
60 ___ out a living 61 Not with the
times 62 Handmade sign held up by a kid in the bleachers 63 ___ Andreas fault 64 Histories that may be checkered or sordid
65 Twin Mary-Kate
or Ashley
DOWN
1 Fine lattice
2 Kind of sax
3 “It’s curtains for
me!” 4 Conjunction used
in logic
5 Abbr. after a
lawyer’s name 6 Ferdinand and
Isabella’s land 7 Nonvegan
shortening 8 Germany’s von
Bismarck 9 Classic Father’s
Day gift 10 Charlotte
hoopster
11 Start of a nursery rhyme about bags of wool
12 Detach, as a
seatbelt
13 Bread makers 18 Causes of some mysterious radar blips, in brief 19 Pig in the wild 24 Microwave
notification 25 Simplicity
26 Mix with a
spoon
27 Ran across 28 Director
DuVernay 29 Butler of “Gone
With the Wind” 30 Penlight
batteries 32 One-named pop
diva
34 “___ the night before Christmas …” 35 Holier-than-___ 36 Housetop 37 Various creative mediums … or a hint to variations found in the shaded squares 38 Sigma’s follower 39 Telepathic letters 42 Lion packs 43 Shout accompanying a brilliant realization 44 Prehistoric
human relations? 45 Nevada slots city 46 Super-miniature
dog breed size 47 Voting group 49 Tosses, as a coin 51 Disbelieving
laughs
52 “Look ___ this
way …”
54 Siouan people 55 “Amazing Grace,”
for one 57 Messenger
molecule 58 Noodle soup in
Hanoi
59 Feel sick