The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
JONATHAN M. KAYE
ACROSS
1 “The Winner Takes It All” group
5 Singer Diana 9 Radiate
13 Hardly a jaunt 14 Ready to go 16 Central points 17 Tolled time 18 “Byeee!”
19 One having a
turn at a roast? 20 You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em 23 Worrier’s words 24 Former queen of
Jordan
25 Good cheer 26 What do ewe
say?
27 Spice ___ 29 Often-changed
item of wear 31 Know when to
fold ‘em
35 ___ Mode, animated film character who says “Words are useless! Gobblegobble-gobblegobble-gobblegobble!”
36 It might be in the form of a thumbnail 37 “The Music Man”
locale
41 Know when to
walk away 46 Famed designer whose career was boosted by “American Gigolo”
49 Small batteries 50 Butter, e.g. 51 Concern for a
tailor
52 ___ facto
55 Box markings 57 And know when
to run 60 Moistens 61 Water nymph 62 Earnest request 64 Pueblo people 65 “The Child,” also known as Baby Yoda
66 Snack, as on a
knish 67 Places with
springs 68 Exclamation after a witty comeback 69 ___ Major
DOWN
1 Bit of air
pollution 2 Gasbag 3 Anthony of “Parts Unknown” 4 Concur 5 Speaker’s
platform
6 Scott Turow
memoir 7 Gertrude who wrote “We are always the same age inside”
8 “___ to This” (song from “Hamilton”) 9 Jewelry designer
Peretti
10 Mod do
11 It comes to a point when it’s too cold outside 12 One who gives
one-tenth 15 Tiered temple 21 Actress Gilbert 22 Hosp. scans 23 Light wind? 28 Lettuce wrap
lettuce
30 “Yeah, suuuure” 32 Event with a
dress code 33 Snoopy grp. 34 German film award akin to an Oscar
38 Risqué
39 “What is your greatest ___?” (interview question) 40 Section of a Sunday newspaper 42 “Wilco!” 43 Erasing, as data 44 Prepared to
skate
45 Org. with thousands of inspectors 46 Forty winks 47 Provoke
48 View from
Catania, in brief 53 Shoots up 54 Whopper
ingredient 56 College sports
channel
58 Print collectors,
for short
59 “A Song of Ice
and Fire,” e.g. 63 “Why, that’s it!”