The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
SANDY GANZELL ACROSS
1 The Allman brother who married Cher
6 What Jupiter and Saturn are made of
9 Ain’t, in other words
14 Fix, as shoelaces
15 On fire
16 Group that may stand on risers
17 Up overhead
18 “___ to a Nightingale” (Keats poem)
19 Humble, as a manger
20 “Just chill!”
23 French suffix with jardin
24 Loose-fitting Hawaiian dress
27 Convene to strategize on the football field
30 Places of paradise
31 Game fish whose face resembles that of a herd animal
35 “Hmm, where ___ I?”
37 Rum-soaked cake
38 1980s sitcom E.T,
39 What an adjective modifies
40 Chicago ballplayer
41 Capital of the Yukon
44 Feminine name that’s also a tropical jungle vine
47 Hip-hop dance move popular in the 2010s
48 Married woman in Madrid
50 ___ Scout cookies
51 Children’s song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle
56 Refrain in
51-Across that accompanies the sounds at 24-, 37and
47-Across
59 Hole-punching tool
60 Rank between sarge and cap’n
61 Healthful husks in cereal or muffins
62 Actress Saldana of “Avatar”
63 Slow on the uptake
64 “The Rose” singer Midler
65 Pointy-eared magical creature
66 Got some shuteye
DOWN
1 Alum 2 Realtor-speak for “move”
3 Alma mater for Aldous Huxley and George Orwell 4 Marketer’s suggestion for the holidays
5 Turn to others for assistance 6 Something good to have on hand for cold weather?
7 Assistant
8 Power source for old locomotives
9 Apple storage service beginning in 2011
10 “Please demonstrate”
11 Sooner than soon
12 Word with change or spill
13 Audition, with “out”
21 Greek war god
22 Prompted, in a play
25 Like brand-new tires
26 Patriotic World Cup chant
27 U.K.-based financial giant
28 Some moving rentals
29 Singer Gibson or Harry
32 “Pshaw!”
33 “The Book of ___” (2010 Denzel Washington film)
34 Toward the back of a ship
36 Old dagger
39 Carol words before “Born is the King of Israel”
41 Maternity ___
42 City NNW of Oklahoma City
43 ___ Chicken (Chicago-based restaurant chain)
45 Consecrate, in a way
46 Win-win
49 Astonish
50 Treble symbol
52 Nowhere to be found, colloquially
53 The best of the best
54 Concern for a speech therapist
55 Off! ingredient
56 Recede
57 Anger
58 Dog-___-dog (vicious)