The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Suitable for sinking
one’s teeth into 6 Mountain lion 10 Speaker’s platform 14 Letter before beta 15 401(k) alternatives 16 Latch ___ (grip) 17 Plumber’s tool 19 Dermatological sac 20 One catching morays 21 Three-time All-Star
pitcher Robb ___
23 Cry from a crib 24 Vacation relaxation
destination
26 Reaches adulthood 29 Apportion
32 Moo goo ___ pan
(Chinese chicken dish) 33 Check for fit
34 KLM is a “royal” one 37 Overdid it onstage 38 Defeated
42 Too much on one’s
plate
46 Instrument for Billy
Joel
49 Snake in “Raiders of
the Lost Ark”
50 Zeus : Greek :: Jupiter :
___
51 “Oops, missed the
deadline”
54 Big name in ice cream 55 Statute
56 D.C. insider
57 Small, like Santa’s
helpers
60 Bread spread 62 Cramped spot for a plane passenger & or a hint to something hidden in 17-, 26-, 34-, 42-and 51-Across 66 Where a cashier puts
money
67 Mani-___ (salon combo)
68 Cow in classic Borden
ads
69 Two-for-one event 70 Yemeni port
71 Car company with so-called “Gigafactories”
DOWN
1 Treasure hunter’s aid 2 ___ Lilly & Co.
3 Draw interest from 4 “With this ring, I ___
wed”
5 Two-masted sailing
vessel
6 Polish dumpling 7 Funerary receptacle 8 Newsman Robert, former PBS partner of Jim Lehrer
9 Contents of a funerary
receptacle
10 Disney dwarf with the
shortest name 11 “Nevertheless &” 12 “The deal went
through!” 13 Storyteller’s segue 18 ___ room (game site) 22 Far 24 One-named hitmaker
born in Nigeria 25 Desirable, as a job 27 Spoil
28 San Joaquin Valley city 30 One-eighth portion 31 Business district in
downtown Chicago 35 Commotion 36 Company behind the
Watson project 39 Docility
40 “Omigosh!”
41 Gainsay
43 Added up, as a score 44 Passenger-screening
org.
45 Chose to join
46 Their prospects are up
in the air
47 Home of Milano and
Firenze
48 In addition 52 ___-Loompa (Willy
Wonka worker) 53 Building wing
58 Pedal pushers
59 ___ of Capri
61 World Cup cheer 63 1950s presidential
monogram
64 Be under the weather 65 Wimbledon service?