The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
1
Propped open, say
People of northern Scandinavia Ballerina’s support
14 Output of the Rolling Stones, appropriately Real tear-jerker? Bit of pork, but not in a congressional bill 18 Confident gait 19 Pen name
20 Gets old, say 22 Socialize 23 Forever and a day 24 Airline once acquired by Carl Icahn
26 Stuff it! 29 Something that’s red-hot in the kitchen?
33 Upon
34 Shut up
36 Saloon sip 38 Great divide 40 Garlic, in
Guadalajara 41 Slyly derisive 43 Personal quirk 44 Emanates (from) 47 Hot spot for a
chef 48 Scaredy-cat 50 Stick in a salad? 52 Mai ___
53 Nut once used as an ingredient in Coke 54 “Whatevs” 56 “Oh, settle down
…”
59 N.Y.C.’s ___
Cortlandt Park 62 “Stranger
Things” kid 5 9 16 17
ACROSS
64 What pales in comparison to other carbs? 66 Fitting way to invest in Campbell’s 67 Paramedic,
perhaps
68 Test of patience 69 Risked a ticket,
say
70 Three feet
DOWN
1 Many an Omani
or Iraqi 2 Musical Mitchell 3 Current choice 4 One of the Big Five film studios of Hollywood’s golden age 5 Romantic
hopefuls
6 Narnia lion 7 George Eliot’s “The ___ on the Floss”
8 Beverage that can cause brain freeze
9 Logan Airport
code
10 Marvel role for
Paul Rudd 11 Nickname for
Rihanna 12 Fat/flour mixture 13 Suffix with differ 15 Le Louvre, e.g. 21 Eye affliction 23 Yummly, SideChef
and Food Monster 25 Does rite by one’s
partner?
26 Treaty
27 Guiding principle 28 Cook in
simmering liquid 29 Cuisine with [circled letters], whose ingredients are the answers to the italicized clues
30 Ancient
Egyptians referred to it as the “plant of immortality” because of its ability to survive without soil 31 Green 32 Respected figure 35 Adroitness 37 Itsy
39 Sheet mineral 42 City where 29-Down food is popular, informally 45 Largest human
organ
46 Moved (over) 49 New York home of Cornell University
51 Cary of “The
Princess Bride” 53 Part of a place
setting 54 Smartphone
button 55 Environmental
sci.
57 “Wise” ones 58 Beat into a froth,
as cream
59 “___ Las Vegas” 60 Laptop brand 61 Wonk 62 Alternative to
mushrooms 63 Place for pie,
idiomatically 65 Word after alpha,
beta or gamma