The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 1221
Guilherme Gilioli
Across
1 Bygone Russian ruler
5 Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio
9 Like some sprays
14 “The Simpsons” character with a palindromic name
15 Part of a foot
16 “The best is ___ come”
17 Capture the attention of
18 Not quite shut
19 Sing smoothly
20 Hawk’s home
22 Russia’s ___ Mountains
24 Dating ___
25 Skiing and snowboarding
28 Fulfill completely
29 With special importance
32 Sewing shop supply
35 Puts money (on) 36 Lens holder
37 Work hard for
38 B or C of the Spice Girls
39 Building with a loft
40 Prominent feature of a fennec fox
41 Pesky plant
43 Card suit that symbolizes a medieval weapon
45 Hare ___
47 Sight near an exit sign
48 Display of mentalism … or a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares
52 www.nytimes.com, for one
53 Attempt, metaphorically 54 Reserve
56 Give away, as a story’s ending
58 Smooth (out)
60 Walkie-talkie word
61 Pinky and the Brain, for two
62 It may be printed on a place mat
63 ___-do-well 64 Put into the pot
65 First place?
66 Wapitis
Down
1 Caesar
dressing?
2 Scatter
3 Developer of the game Breakout
4 M.L.B.’s first Rookie of the Year (1947)
5 Sorento automaker
6 Cause harm to
7 Lasting marks
8 Explosion fragments
9 Home of the Met, the Whitney and the Frick, in brief
10 Make fizzy
11 Halts abruptly
12 Crowning
13 Actor Chaney nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Faces”
21 List shortener: Abbr.
23 Plundered goods
26 U.F.O. pilots
27 Some N.F.L. blockers
30 Orpheus’ instrument
31 Urges
32 Ask for
33 Talk show host Jack
34 Ingredient in perfume and potpourri
35 Furniture depicted in Frida Kahlo’s “The Dream” (1940)
38 Interim period
39 Singing voice meaning “heavy sounding” 41 Question of identity
42 First and only chimpanzee to orbit Earth
43 Cronus, to Uranus
44 Whale groups
46 Long, thin strip used in building construction
47 Prepare, in a way, as chicken
49 Exposed for all to see
50 Work of fiction
51 One of Cyprus’s two official languages
52 “___ the housetop, click, click, click …”
55 Goofs
56 Subway stop: Abbr.
57 It may give you visuals
59 Sister
Style
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