N.Y. Times Crossword – Thursday, August 24, 2017 September, 22, 2017, 9:08 amAugust, 25, 2017, 5:45 pm by gregofla By: Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg Theme: Magic Act Difficulty (0-10): 5 Time: 39:35 ACROSS DOWN 1 Not so exciting 1 Portmanteau ride 4 Purchase that can be deleted 2 Take out 7 Spongy sweet 3 Therefore 13 It may contain gold 4 Individually 14 Sigh of relief 5 Old-style hacker 16 Billy 6 Kind of pie 17 Film technique – or a bad thing for it to get? 7 Cuisine with many curries 18 Apex predator of the ocean 8 2013 World Series champs 19 Like, so cute! 9 “Success!” 20 58-Across, notably 10 Pro 23 Road sign animal 11 Chocolate ___ 24 Elsa’s sister in “Frozen” 12 A.P. exam inits. 25 Able to run smoothly, say 15 Not punish just yet 29 Apt rhyme of “squeak” 21 Olympics venue 31 Violator of YouTube standards 22 They’re shocking 33 Bids “one club,” say 26 Hawaii’s ___ City, on an island of the same name 36 British Invasion band that launched Van Morrison’s career 27 “Cleopatra” and “Spartacus” 38 Swig from a flask 28 What a plane lacks 39 Part of a magic show 30 Mysterious gift? 43 Tip-___ (easy baskets) 32 Classic record label 44 All-vegetarian frozen food brand 33 Tribute writer of sorts 45 Like the smiling eyes of song 34 Fastest of three historic ships 46 Approach furtively, with “on” 35 Geographical name that comes from Old English for “East Saxons” 49 51-Across, e.g. 36 Home of Arizona State University 50 Mexican silver city 37 Part of a stable diet? 51 Paris accord subj. 40 ___ Gasol, six-time N.B.A. All-Star 54 Cartoonist who popularized Uncle Sam 41 Actor Cage, informally 58 Subject of this puzzle (who has himself done a 39-Across) 42 D, in an emoticon 61 Lily Tomlin’s role in “All of Me” 47 Crushing, as a test 64 Latin lover’s love 48 One who probably doesn’t get out much 65 ___ one-eighty 49 Spills 66 Total bore 52 Recyclable item 67 Goes out for a while? 53 Country whose national anthem is “Nashid As-Salaam as-Sultani” 68 Mess up 55 Picnic coolers 69 Asylum seeker, maybe 56 Needing Bengay, say 70 Org. whose budget is classified 57 Reid of Hollywood 71 Lead-in to horse or lion 59 “r,” in a text 60 Pretoria’s land: Abbr. 61 Hieroglyphic symbol 62 Flow stopper 63 “A Farewell to Arms” setting, briefly Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related