The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale
5 Actress Sonia 10 Range for
yodelers 14 “Ailment” for the
heart
15 Appeared in
syndication, say 16 Yowl
17 Fad item of the
1990s 19 Creatures that can be both pets and pests
20 Fig. with two
hyphens 21 Hallucinatory
experience 22 Jaguar spot, for
example 23 Worker with
books, for short 25 Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light 28 Big name in
shampoo 30 Country band,
for short?
31 It requires a tap
to get started 34 Santa ___, Calif. 35 Big hot dog? 37 Land on Lake
Victoria
39 Gave for a while 40 Certain Kentucky
racer 44 Small-arms runner of years past?
45 Poetic
preposition 46 Land bridge between Africa and Asia 47 Welling up 48 Recovers from a bender, with “up”
49 Key that works to exit but not enter 50 Habitually 53 Touchdown figs. 55 Smidge 58 There’s a bridge near the top of it
59 Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle 62 Something stored in an upright position on a plane 63 Person with
talent
64 50-50 65 Gumbo
ingredient 66 Many indoor tennis facilities have them 67 Super
DOWN
1 Much of
sparring
2 Best four-of-akind
3 “Seems likely …” 4 Knowledge
5 ___ Rabbit
6 New beginning 7 Plains people 8 Be a chatterbox 9 Whichever 10 “Gosh dang it!” 11 Den 12 Typesetting unit 13 Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii 18 Editorial slant?:
Abbr.
22 Vessel that may
be portaged 24 Next-best option 26 Certain
evergreen 27 Singer Michael known as the “King of Christmas” 28 Fuddy-duddy 29 ___ Rabbit 31 Tempting, as an
offer
32 ___ Rabbit 33 Kind of vote 35 Term of address
in colonial India 36 Pot seeds? 38 Hoover rival 41 The Chiffons’
“___ Fine Day” 42 It’s a beauty in
its setting
43 ___ Chapel 47 What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver 48 “Buh-bye!” 50 Not sucked in by 51 Go off in two
directions 52 Leader overthrown by a revolution 54 Takes steps 56 Big name in PCs 57 Fashion inits. 59 Hopping ___ 60 What “syne” means in “Auld Lang Syne” 61 Increase the
speed of