The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OLIVIA MITRA FRAMKE AND BROOKE HUSIC

ACROSS

1 “Furthermore …” 5 Crustacean whose species range in size from .2” to 12’ 9 Sword-wielding fighter of feudal Japan

14 “The Bluest Eye”

author Morrison

15 Mister, in Münster 16 Nonstarters?

17 “Ignoring what my assistant said

…”?

20 Sound of suppressed laughter

21 Use a tandoor, say 22 Soccer star

Morgan

23 1971 Ravi Shankar

documentary 25 Leave the stage 27 What might be found outside a hipster cafeteria? 34 Fourth-mostcommon family name in China

35 Place to go in

England 36 Kind of reader 37 One of three in “To be or not to be” 39 Needle 42 Celebrity chef ___

Leith 43 Sing like Nat King

Cole 45 Year, in

Portuguese

46 Old Roman word of greeting or parting

47 Wetsuit vis-à-vis a

team triathlon?

52 Animal in the

Hartford’s logo

53 Pinot ___ 54 Rebounds, e.g.,

informally 57 Crossword puzzle component 59 Stager’s concern 63 Engravings, e.g.? 66 Musical ending of many a YouTube video

67 Tempeh relative 68 Take to heart 69 Orchestra section 70 Like forgiving lighting in photography “Furthermore …” 71

DOWN

1 Some book fair organizers, for short

2 Body part that becomes an animal when its vowels are swapped

3 Ctrl+Z, on a PC 4 Mountain range, in

Spanish

5 Life energy 6 Snoopy’s imaginary antagonist 7 Domain

8 Things you can hit

or pump

9 Org. with a Sixth Man of the Year Award

10 “Don’t trust

them!”

11 Author Gaiman 12 Precious material frequently buried with the dead in ancient China 13 Visa alternative,

for short

18 Collar insert 19 Slinky, say 24 Fancy-sounding

apple cultivar 26 “Cousin ___ Visits the Addams Family” (1965 TV episode title) 27 Pizza parlor

purchase 28 Wonder Woman

accessory 29 Tabloid tidbit 30 Like the Mandarin and Punjabi languages

31 Wide variety 32 “___ Got Mail”

(1998 rom-com) 33 Use a wheelchair’s push rims, for instance 38 Supportive pillows

in a yoga class 40 Irregularly

41 It’s used to walk

the dog

44 Co. behind the podcast “First Person”

48 Former T-shirts,

perhaps 49 Wetland waders 50 Over-the-top

sorts?

51 “The Queen of

Soul”

54 One unlikely to

enjoy a dive bar 55 Trip with many

stops 56 Palindromic flour 58 “___, am America” (Langston Hughes line of poetry) 60 Screenwriter/

actress Michaela 61 Snake eyes 62 Ctrl+Y, on a PC 64 Help line? 65 Superfan