The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 What cats clean themselves with 5 Had on 9 Feeling of anxiety 14 ___ vera gel 15 Highest point 16 “Congrats!” 17 Junk pile 19 Firm hand? 20 Bones of the foot 21 University sports org. 23 Destiny 24 Darth Vader’s name as a boy 25 Triple Crown winner of 1977 28 Drummer Ringo
30 “Have a ___” (request in a waiting room) 31 Winnie-the-___ 33 Little rascal 35 Singer ___ Davis Jr.
39 “I’m deeply indebted” … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51and 64-Across 43 British W.W. II weapons 44 “Uh-huh!” 45 Coup d’___
46 “If I may interject …” 49 Undercoat used in sculpture 51 Power source for an electric vehicle
55 Dark loaf 58 Very light brown 59 “Heads will ___!” 60 Folklore monsters 62 Reminders of past fights 64 Easter event in Vatican City 66 Courtroom proceeding 67 And others, in a list 68 Pimples 69 Actress Field with Oscars
70 Word after club, cream or caustic 71 Illuminating gas
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1 Macaroni or rigatoni
2 ___ Highway (nearly 1,400mile route that runs through Whitehorse, Yukon Territory) 3 Disquieting 4 Caribbean and Caspian 5 When repeated, a trombone sound
6 A warm welcome 7 Blink or flinch, say 8 Americans living abroad, informally 9 Org. with a canine registry 10 Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida 11 Perfect
12 Rich German cake
13 Out of alignment 18 Leaning Tower city
22 Pub pintful 26 Ireland, in poetry 27 Toward sunrise 29 Bernard Malamud novel about a baseball phenom 31 Detectives, informally
32 Mel who played at the Polo Grounds 34 “You’ll ___ for this!”
36 The Indianapolis 500, for one 37 Sport also known as cage fighting, in brief 38 Nonetheless 40 Tennis legend Arthur 41 Notepaper that’s usually yellow 42 Intl. group of oil producers 47 Mess up 48 Nearsighted people 50 Scandinavian drinking cry 51 One-ups 52 Capital of Ghana 53 Appalachian ___ 54 Philosopher who tutored Aristotle
56 Kind of question you have a 50% chance of guessing correctly 57 German industrial city 61 F.B.I. agent, in old slang 63 ___ as a fox 65 In the style of, in cookery