The New York Times Crossword

No. 0920

ACROSS

1 A little bit of everything? 5 Growth in an aquatic bloom 9 The “A” of the ABC Islands 14 Shoestring

15 Hit, as with snowballs 16 Drink slowly

17 Verbal disapproval of a boy

king?

19 Beyond repair

20 Not together

21 Participate in a playground

“contest”

23 U.F.O. pilots

24 Call again

26 Fragrant conifer

28 Food for a sturdy Chinese

dog?

33 Accolades presented in

Nashville, for short 36 Expression of contempt 37 Hurl

38 Megan Thee Stallion’s “___

Girl Summer”

39 Ushered out

42 Pen tip

43 Lack of joie de vivre 45 Common “wardrobe

malfunction”

46 Puts two and two together,

e.g.

47 Conference call for Mazda’s

marketing team?

51 Less tanned, say

52 Revenue minus costs 56 Prefix with chemistry 58 Shake an Etch A Sketch, say 61 Actress Kaley

62 Put two and two together,

e.g.

64 Glutes developed while dancing at the Moulin Rouge? 66 Martial art with bamboo

swords

67 Jar toppers

68 Tropical root vegetable 69 Consumed

70 Animated princess voiced by

Idina Menzel

71 Staked, as a vampire

DOWN

1 Spot for some sacraments 2 Neutral tone

3 Group of eight

4 Standards for measuring 5 Like the name Bell for the

inventor of the telephone 6 “It’s a date!” 7 Overabundance

8 Email action with a paper

clip icon

9 Tried to find a reason 10 Coastal inlet

11 Advantage, so to speak 12 Boxing match

13 Uninvited picnic guests 18 Four-letter member of the

Four Corners

22 ___ Speedwagon

25 Brain section

27 Part of 10-J-Q-K-A 29 Stack of bills

30 Bracelet dangler

31 “The Art of Love” poet 32 Productions

of Spider-Man

33 French word in many bistro

names

34 Lead-in to syllabic or

chromatic

35 Not even once

39 Tina Fey’s “30 Rock” role 40 Musical set in Oz,

with “The”

41 Per person

44 Thurman of “The Producers” 46 Dollars and cents, e.g. 48 Anthem contraction 49 All-seeing being

50 Mammal made from the first four letters of 49-Down 53 Central

54 “You’ve got a friend in me” 55 As of yet

56 Go 10+ miles in

a triathlon, say

57 “The faintest” thing

59 Take to the seas

60 Termini

63 Praiseful poem

65 Local produce org.