The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Flavor of yellow Skittles
6 Part of a rotary telephone
10 Source of maple syrup
13 Shoe brand with a three-stripe logo
15 Pinnacle
16 In favor of
17 *Cold shoulder
20 Proofreader’s “leave that in”
21 Univ. military program
22 “Understand now?”
23 Fail to include
25 Optimists can find them in any situation
27 *Texter’s options for sending faces and symbols
31 Indicate
32 Wriggly, as a fish
33 From ___ Z
36 Like those interested in poetry or painting
37 Road trip expense
38 What a crossing guard’s outstretched arm means
39 “I’m not impressed”
40 Some baby noises
42 Announcement upon arrival
44 *Easy-listening background tunes
47 Small houses, in Spain
49 Castle protector
50 Prize for Best Original Score, e.g.
51 At that time
53 Gardener’s bagful
57 “I can’t even!” ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues
60 Start of a countdown
61 Actor Alda or Arkin
62 Carsickness feeling
63 Picnic pest
64 Big name in potato chips
65 Weasel relative
DOWN
1 Scottish girl
2 Make less wordy, say
3 One of 26.2 in a marathon
4 Final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth
5 Mum’s mum
6 Bar game projectile
7 Something a convenience store sells in bags
8 Group for docs
9 Start of a hypothetical
10 Participates in some singles matches?
11 Schwarzenegger, to pals
12 Chip ___ (“Beauty and the Beast” teacup)
14 Success in pitching or bowling
18 Kind of bag that may hold swag
19 Israeli leader Golda
24 Cambridge univ.
26 Professional office-seeker, informally
27 Dutch cheese 28 No more than
29 Following a trail, as a bloodhound
30 What causes dough to expand and rise
34 Doughnut shapes
35 Oil price-regulating grp.
37 Wander off course
38 Excludes
40 “Oh, come on!”
41 Eggs in Caesar’s salad?
42 Like some decals
43 Fighting sport, for short
45 Teller of tall tales
46 Sign of things to come
47 Terra ___
48 Gray in the face
52 Birds in a coop
54 Approximately
55 Brainstorming product
56 Hurdle for a future “Esq.”
58 In the same way as
59 Is, before