N.Y. Times Crossword – Monday, September 18, 2017

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By: Tom McCoy
Theme: Colors
Difficulty (0-10):  1
Time: 5:54

ACROSS DOWN
1 The Times or the Daily News, e.g. 1 Snow clearers
6 Gorillas 2 Start or end of the Greek spelling of “Athena”
10 Mark permanently 3 Place between a house and a backyard
14 Ogden Nash’s “two-l” beast 4 Give off, as rays
15 Seized car, for short 5 Entered quickly
16 You, in the Bible 6 Place of gladiatorial battle
17 ___ nerve (retina attachment) 7 Lima’s land
18 Guitarist Clapton 8 Three-hour-plus movie, maybe
19 Chopped 9 Holder of an eye or a light bulb
20 Visibly tense 10 Heavens, poetically
23 ___ Paulo, Brazil 11 Ex of Marla and Ivana, informally
24 Crucial biological molecule 12 Dairy animal
25 Figure in Greek myth after whom a continent is named 13 Attila, for one
28 Compete (for) 21 Prepare to be knighted
29 ___ and starts 22 One of the seven deadly sins
31 Opposite of oui 26 Graceful bearing
32 Extremely jealous 27 Threw some chips in the pot
36 Characteristic 28 Item under a suit jacket
38 Convent residents 29 Company that bought Kinko’s
39 Rich ore sources 30 Picked out of a lineup, informally
41 Counterpart to “if,” in computer science 32 Grind, as the teeth
42 Aids in crime 33 Florida senator Marco
44 In the very act 34 Snack for an athlete
46 Lancelot’s title 35 Times long, long ago
47 Highest point 37 $250, for Mediterranean Avenue, even with a hotel on it
49 Qty. 40 Ice cream drink
50 Truss up 43 Go yachting
52 Letters before a pseudonym 45 Blend
53 Golf teacher 48 Bombarded, as with snowballs
56 Deplorably cowardly 51 Irritable
60 Spheres 52 Bottomless pit
62 Holder of a cafeteria meal 53 Breads served with hummus
63 Like some wealthy neighborhoods 54 Staggers
64 In apple-pie order 55 “Strangely enough …”
65 Things in an Easter basket 57 Unrestrained revelry
66 In the slightest 58 Salary
67 Agile for one’s age 59 Running behind schedule
68 Supplies for Easter 65-Across 60 Walk-___ (unrecruited athletes)
69 Antonym of 64-Across 61 Member of Cong.

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