The New York Times
No. 0629
ACROSS
1 Cardamom-infused tea
5 Not give up, say
10 Pronoun before “it may concern”
14 Partner of raised
15 China’s Zhou ___
16 Place that generates buzz
17 Ate and ran, say
19 Almost closed
20 ___ on actual events
21 Fit to live in
23 “The Goldfinch” writer Donna
25 Some E.R. cases
26 Make a scapegoat of
28 Kigali resident
32 Title of respect
33 Unclear mental state
36 Throw with force
37 Legendary Himalayan humanoid
41 Capacious
42 Not falling for
43 Play for a sucker
44 Place to pitch a product
46 Entice
49 Amber quaff
50 Catherine of “Beetlejuice”
52 The magic word?
56 Japanese automaker
60 Jabba the ___ (“Star Wars” meanie)
61 Core exercises … or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle
63 Relative of a cor anglais
64 Consumes, in a way
65 Sharer’s word
66 Tear to bits
67 Food service giant
68 Norse god of thunder
DOWN
1 N.Y.C. venue for the Ramones and the Cramps
2 Sesenta minutos
3 Certain horses
4 Still being debugged
5 Gave sustenance
6 “Not right this second”
7 Flicker of light
8 “Thirty days ___ September …”
9 Finish giftwrapping, say
10 “How’ve you been?”
11 Muslim headscarf
12 The earth’s path around the sun, e.g.
13 Little more than
18 Dutch cheese
22 Neighbor of Montana
24 Fix up again, as a house
26 Hen’s hatchlings
27 V.I.P. conveyances
28 Staff break?
29 Block, as a stream
30 “Stop!,” at sea
31 State bird of Hawaii
32 Hummus brand
34 Prickly plant with healing qualities
35 ___ garden
38 Affected
39 Spiral-horned antelope
40 The “N” of N.B.
45 Aromatic evergreens
47 Dublin’s land, to poets
48 Poppin’ Fresh or Tony the Tiger
50 Arctic predators
51 Cool head?
52 Dislike with a passion
53 Cartoonist Goldberg who drew contraptions like the “SelfOperating Napkin”
54 Gobs
55 Friar’s home
57 “Think again!” 58 Bit of binary code
59 Geographical inits. until 1991
62 Troop troupe, for short