The New York Times Crossword

No. 0202

ACROSS

1 Pit-of-the-stomach

feeling

5 Fastidious to a

fault

9 Wedding walkways

14 Literary heroine

Jane

15 Entertainment district in London’s West End

16 Watts of

“Mulholland Drive”

17 Seat on a ship

19 Robust brew

20 Get through to

21 Pool of money

23 Start to scream or

shout?

26 Sing like Tom

Waits

28 Phrased

32 “The missing link”

34 Word with raising

or splitting

36 Commercial leadin to Clean

37 Domesticated

38 Fit of wild emotion 40 Natalie Wood’s role in 1961’s “West Side Story”

41 Foundation

42 Capitol Hill staffers

43 Bet the family

farm, so to speak

45 Instrument found in a post office or grocery

46 Reddit Q&A

47 Major provider of scholarships, in brief

48 Look through a

window, say

49 Like bananas and

banana slugs

51 Orangish-brown

gem

53 Otolaryngologist,

familiarly

54 Make fun of

56 Error’s counterpart

58 Components of a

rosary

61 More often than

not

66 More than enough 67 We: Fr.

68 Big Ten school

69 Holiday dependent on the lunisolar calendar

70 [Ignore that edit]

71 Train tracks

DOWN

1 With 2-Down, money-saving flight option, often

2 See 1-Down

3 Certain line

segment

4 Hockey feint

5 Receptacle near a

firepit

6 ___ Ark

7 Offering on a sushi

menu

8 Mayor Lightfoot of

Chicago

9 Yet to come

10 Mythological being

with a horse’s tail

11 Facilities in

England

12 Prey for a dingo

13 Command that might precede “Shake!”

18 One might have the disclaimer “Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.” 22 Dipsticks 23 Erode

24 “Stop! I’ve heard quite enough!”

25 Formative

27 Science that deals with the phenomenon spelled out by 10 missing letters in this puzzle

29 “Is it worth the risk?”

30 Do great at

31 ___ collar (iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg neckwear at the Smithsonian)

33 Part of a coconut that can be shredded

35 Clarification words for a speller 38 “Freeze!” 39 Along with lentils, one of the two main ingredients in idli

41 Exposed, as a cover

44 One giving a wake- up call

45 Hyundai Sonata, for one

48 Certain ecclesiastic

50 Punch bowl go-with

52 Quibble

55 Some antique collectibles

57 Princess whose brother is not a prince

58 Meadow call 59 Ambulance letters 60 Well-suited 62 “Kidding!”

63 Father of une princesse

64 Saddler’s tool 65 ___ Américas