NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Lasagna-hittingthe-floor sound 6 Tail end of a lion’s
tail
10 Tupperware tops 14 Freeloading sort 15 Org. defending
individual rights 16 Get one’s story
straight?
17 “I wish I could
___ that” (“Ew!”) 18 Blueprint 19 Opera set in
Egypt 20 Understand 21 Explain something in steps
24 Brushes away, as
a fly
26 Appeared to be 27 Join the army 29 Prickly plant 31 Acts like one’s true self, colloquially
33 Hot chocolate
holder 36 Optometrists
check them 37 Goddess of the
dawn
38 Lady ___
(“Shallow” singer) 39 Soak (up)
40 Was understated in one’s description 44 Drive away 45 Baby’s garment 46 Naval fleet 49 Defeat soundly,
in slang 50 Sticky yellow squares ... or a description of the circled letters and what they follow? 53 Little devil
56 Like talking with one’s mouth full
57 Went by bike 58 Stone Age diet,
familiarly 60 “Young Frankenstein” assistant
61 Like all leap years 62 Bird that’s still getting wise to the world? 63 What the KonMari Method leaves you with
64 One direction 65 Academic
hurdles
Down
1 Quite pleased
with oneself 2 Corn cake 3 Tossed and
turned 4 Unreturned serve 5 Springsteen, to
fans
6 Secures, as
wrapping paper 7 The Bruins of the
N.C.A.A.
8 Harsh criticism 9 Northernmost
country in Africa 10 Follow the ___
(kids’ game) 11 “Up in arms” or
“break a leg” 12 “Where ___ go
wrong?”
13 Rise to one’s feet 22 Indian flatbread 23 Bluish green 25 Where low-rise
jeans sit 27 Squeaks (by) 28 R&B singer with the 2006 #1 hit “So Sick” 29 Cook with direct
heat
30 Workout break 32 Place for un béret 33 Crazy talent,
slangily 34 Wrinkly-skinned
fruit
35 Marvin of
Motown 38 Narrow valley 40 Mani-___ (spa
treatment) 41 Stuck, with no
easy way down 42 Wear a long face 43 Stuck, with no
easy way out 44 Star assigners 46 Earth Day month 47 Makeup used to
color the cheeks 48 Early PC platform 49 Artery opener 51 Smoked salmon 52 Poems of praise 54 Partner of greet 55 Collections of
poker bets 59 Reaction to seeing the Northern Lights, perhaps