The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Get in the game? 5 Home of the comics heroes Asterix and Obelix 9 Month with a socalled “hunter’s moon”: Abbr. 12 “Let’s Make ___” 13 Actor Edward James ___

15 “It’s cold in here!” 16 What might be rolled for a strike 18 Put (down)

19 ___ no good (misbehaving)

20 Bud … or bait 21 Slightly off

23 Verse in a poem 25 What a clock might strike 27 [A spider!]

28 ___ Fleming, British naval intelligence officer-turnedwriter

30 Is on the same page

31 Dexterous

33 Milky gem

36 Put two and two together, say 37 What might strike during a storm 40 Mermaid’s home 42 Place for a fork … or a jackknife?

43 Cry of pain 46 Popular Nissan model

48 “For sure!”

50 Ctrl-___-Del

52 Who might go on strike

55 Plush fabric 57 Religious believer of a sort

58 Rod between wheels

60 Site for buying and selling crafts 61 Letters on a Forever stamp 62 What might strike you while solving this puzzle

65 6-3 in tennis, e.g. 66 Place to leave one’s shoes, perhaps

67 Disney heroine whose name means “ocean” 68 Firefighter’s tool 69 Many a big charity event

70 “Bird by Bird” writer Lamott

DOWN

1 Took home a “furever friend,” say

2 Fresh spin on a familiar concept 3 Prey-catching claw

4 Inventor Whitney 5 Painter Vincent van ___

6 Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” or “Artpop” 7 It’s not sweet, sour, salty or bitter

8 Response to a funny text (that usually isn’t literally true) 9 Beholden (to) 10 Suddenly stopped working, as a computer

11 Secret meetings 12 Mistreat

14 Sort of language generally found in Urban Dictionary 17 Final Four org. 22 Desert illusion 24 Rigatoni relative 26 Surrealist Salvador 29 Manhattan neighborhood containing some of N.Y.U.

32 Thrashes about 34 Org. that provides chaperones for field trips

35 Name on Woody’s shoe in “Toy Story”

38 Overcast

39 Wall Street inits. since 1792

40 Like some couples 41 Atone for

44 Mekong Valley resident

45 Wedding guest’s partner, say

46 Only mortal Gorgon in Greek myth

47 Recurring theme 49 Penultimate word in a fairy tale 51 Attempting to, casually

53 G.P.A. booster 54 Kick out

56 Divulge

59 Pre-euro currency 63 Christmastime concoction 64 Doctors’ org.