The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SIMON MAROTTE ACROSS

1 Musical measures 5 Stats for H.S.

students 9 Positive quality 14 Corporate bigwig 15 Figure on a

Monopoly card 16 Guy of Food

Network fame 17 Additionally

18 Ye ___ Shoppe 19 Pup’s peeves 20 Topic of debate regarding online service providers

23 And so forth:

Abbr.

24 Arab dignitary 25 Much of a

Facebook feed 28 “Ready, ___,

go!”

31 “Now I get it!” 33 Evil-repelling

trinket

35 Feign sleep 39 Jacques ___, “Mon Oncle” filmmaker 40 Basic trick at a

skatepark 41 Eighth mo. 42 Personification of

evil

43 Not spoil 44 Helpful feature for tyops ... um, typos

46 Novelist

Hemingway 48 “___ out!” (ump’s

shout)

49 P, to Plato

50 Its motto is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” in brief

51 Stroke on a golf

green 54 Product that’s often mintflavored 56 Opposition party group in British politics 62 Created for a certain purpose, as a committee 64 Fish’s breathing

organ

65 Nativity gift

givers

66 Go “Zzzz”

67 Fruit with a

cedilla in its name 68 Worshiped figure 69 Pieces that are typically sacrificed in gambits

70 “This email is

finished” button 71 Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across

DOWN

1 Noggin

2 Rod through two

wheels

3 Pause, on sheet

music

4 British biscuit 5 Mustachioed

Marx brother 6 Bombard, as with

snowballs 7 Comedian Eric 8 Hot shower

emanation 9 Declare

confidently 10 Riverbank

deposit

11 “Hasta la vista!” 12 Distinctive

period

13 “___ the season

...”

21 French word for a leg of the Tour de France

22 Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” 26 Unfasten 27 Drunk, in dated

slang

28 Like commands given to Siri and Alexa

29 ___ Queen, crime

novel pseudonym 30 “The X Factor” or

“The Voice” 32 Right away 34 Destination of the Mormon migration

36 Cry of pain 37 Take to court 38 Unattractive 42 Wash with elbow

grease

44 Mate for a mare 45 Passport or

driver’s license 47 What_the_ underlines_in_ this_clue_show 52 Attire on many

Roman statues 53 How many times Bette Davis won Best Actress 55 Imitate 57 Common center of a steering wheel 58 Tight-knit tribe 59 Zilch, zip, zero 60 Senses of selfworth

61 Be at an angle 62 Nile serpent 63 23andMe sample