The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
SIMON MAROTTE ACROSS
1 Musical measures 5 Stats for H.S.
students 9 Positive quality 14 Corporate bigwig 15 Figure on a
Monopoly card 16 Guy of Food
Network fame 17 Additionally
18 Ye ___ Shoppe 19 Pup’s peeves 20 Topic of debate regarding online service providers
23 And so forth:
Abbr.
24 Arab dignitary 25 Much of a
Facebook feed 28 “Ready, ___,
go!”
31 “Now I get it!” 33 Evil-repelling
trinket
35 Feign sleep 39 Jacques ___, “Mon Oncle” filmmaker 40 Basic trick at a
skatepark 41 Eighth mo. 42 Personification of
evil
43 Not spoil 44 Helpful feature for tyops ... um, typos
46 Novelist
Hemingway 48 “___ out!” (ump’s
shout)
49 P, to Plato
50 Its motto is “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” in brief
51 Stroke on a golf
green 54 Product that’s often mintflavored 56 Opposition party group in British politics 62 Created for a certain purpose, as a committee 64 Fish’s breathing
organ
65 Nativity gift
givers
66 Go “Zzzz”
67 Fruit with a
cedilla in its name 68 Worshiped figure 69 Pieces that are typically sacrificed in gambits
70 “This email is
finished” button 71 Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across
DOWN
1 Noggin
2 Rod through two
wheels
3 Pause, on sheet
music
4 British biscuit 5 Mustachioed
Marx brother 6 Bombard, as with
snowballs 7 Comedian Eric 8 Hot shower
emanation 9 Declare
confidently 10 Riverbank
deposit
11 “Hasta la vista!” 12 Distinctive
period
13 “___ the season
...”
21 French word for a leg of the Tour de France
22 Actor Hemsworth of “The Hunger Games” 26 Unfasten 27 Drunk, in dated
slang
28 Like commands given to Siri and Alexa
29 ___ Queen, crime
novel pseudonym 30 “The X Factor” or
“The Voice” 32 Right away 34 Destination of the Mormon migration
36 Cry of pain 37 Take to court 38 Unattractive 42 Wash with elbow
grease
44 Mate for a mare 45 Passport or
driver’s license 47 What_the_ underlines_in_ this_clue_show 52 Attire on many
Roman statues 53 How many times Bette Davis won Best Actress 55 Imitate 57 Common center of a steering wheel 58 Tight-knit tribe 59 Zilch, zip, zero 60 Senses of selfworth
61 Be at an angle 62 Nile serpent 63 23andMe sample