Las Vegas Review-Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 It might come in a package 4 Showy accessorie­s on marching band uniforms

10 Big mouth 13 Measure of inflation, in brief

14 Bygone

16 Money maven, for short

17 *Allot time

19 The False Good Samaritan, e.g. 20 Account that’s been overdrawn? 21 Delightful diversion

22 Mo. without a federal holiday 23 *Acre on the ocean floor 28 Menu fish

29 It’ll all shake out 30 Wood commonly used in midcentury modern furniture

33 One way to come out

36 Aware of 39 Limitless quantity

40 *Ice is found on it

43 Animal whose name, when capitalize­d, is a major

West African language

44 Things to piece together 46 Fireplace bit 47 “That being said …”

48 Days leading up to the next sign, in astrology 51 Director

Johnson

53 *Ovid of Greek mythology 58 Verizon sale of 2021

59 Greet the day 60 Roundup sounds

62 You might need a lift to do this 63 Thrice-remade movie … or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues in this puzzle

67 First name in objectivis­m 68 Horace’s “Ars ___”

69 Hosp. scan 70 Faddish 1990s disk

71 Like some coding loops and measuring cups

72 Not wavering

DOWN

1 Does like

2 It follows the Hijri calendar 3 Saber-toothed tiger in the “Ice Age” movies 4 Summer setting in S.F.

5 Bloomers worn around one’s head?

6 Visitor from a faraway place 7 Alice with a Nobel Prize in Literature 8 Words before time or story

9 Roguish sorts 10 *Assist in a foursome

11 One way to run 12 Anna May ___, Hollywood’s first Chinese American film celebrity 15 Naturally competitiv­e 18 Musical with Rum Tum Tugger and Mungojerri­e 24 Winter frost

25 For grades K-12 26 Superman portrayer 27 Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon

30 “Don’t ___”

31 Half of dodici

32 *Ascent stage for a bird 34 Sightsee?

35 Name that’s an anagram of BREAD

37 Be beholden to 38 Clear

41 Attachment to a bit

42 Graceful horse 45 Seek retributio­n, in a way

49 Small brawl 50 Joint, so to speak 52 Deadened 53 2020 Olympics site

54 Perfume name with an accent 55 Milk sources 56 Devices with shuttles

57 Peter of 1934’s “The Man

Who Knew Too Much”

58 “Yesterday!”

61 Cross fit?

64 Gradually slower, in music: Abbr. 65 Suffix with coward 66 Heavy-hearted

 ?? PUZZLE BY DAVID KWONG 05/23/2024 ??
PUZZLE BY DAVID KWONG 05/23/2024

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