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 AllStar 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 an 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 Passengerscreening 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?