The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Ritzy
5 Like the caboose among all the cars on a train
9 “Perry ___” (classic legal drama)
14 Iams competitor 15 Regarding
16 Harden (to)
17 When the Allied invasion of Normandy was launched
18 “Movin’ On Up” and “I’ll Be There for You,” for two 20 123 ___ Street
(Big Bird’s address)
22 Clear, as a diner’s table
23 Washington, D.C., baseball player, for short
24 Sound at the start of “gentle” and “giant”
27 Apply, as lotion 29 Window fixtures most used in the summer, for short 32 Kind of tide
33 “That’s ___ hadn’t heard!”
34 Board game in which pieces may be captured or crowned
36 Reply to “Who’s there?”
39 Not glossy, as a photo finish
40 Baby dog 42 Legitimate
43 Submission to a contest
44 Any “Jr.,” to his father
46 Rick’s love in “Casablanca” 48 Composer Stravinsky
49 1992’s “A Few Good ___”
50 Run up, as expenses
51 Brusque
53 Gerund suffix 54 Victoria Beckham ___ Adams
56 Pic taken at arm’s length
60 What draws recording artists to Nashville and jazz lovers to New Orleans
64 “___ Las Vegas” (1964 film starring 52-Down) 65 Customer’s routine order, with “the” 66 Big rig’s cargo 67 Cousins of 401(k)s 68 Cylindrical pasta 69 On the ___ (unfriendly) 70 Certain email folder
DOWN
1 Protective gear for in-line skaters 2 Ye ___ shoppe 3 Health resorts 4 Georgetown athletes
5 Charge for an overdue payment 6 Cigar residue
7 Office address abbr.
8 Mausoleum 9 Pageant whose hosts have included Bob Barker, Dick Clark and Steve Harvey 10 Year: Sp.
11 Main religion of Pakistan 12 Instrument heard at a ballpark 13 Where eggs are laid
19 Continental currency
21 Animal “relative” an astonished person may claim to be
25 Covering seen at a ballpark 26 Dashboardmounted navigator 28 Greek B’s
29 Zenith
30 Martial arts action star Jackie
31 What glows in the west at day’s end … or a hint to this puzzle’s sequence of shaded squares 35 PC shortcut for “copy”
37 Boxer Tyson 38 Biblical garden 41 It may be turned with a swipe on an e-reader 45 Scrumptious bits 47 War god who’s a foe of Wonder Woman
50 Occupied, as a lavatory
52 See 64-Across
53 “It’s my turn” 55 Rebounding sound 57 Pyromaniac’s obsession 58 “Ghostbusters” director Reitman 59 Toward the dawn 61 Actor McKellen 62 ___ de cologne 63 Acorn, for one