N.Y. Times Crossword – Thursday, September 21, 2017 September, 21, 2017, 9:31 pmSeptember, 21, 2017, 9:08 pm by gregofla By: Matt Ginsberg Theme: U Turns Difficulty (0-10): 3 Time: 24:07 ACROSS DOWN 1 *Adlai Stevenson as a presidential candidate, e.g. 1 Speaker in major-league baseball history 7 Sleazeball 2 Came’s partner 10 Fricassee, for example 3 Bone: It. 14 Fix, as a boot 4 “Rugs” 15 Singly 5 Injured party’s warning 17 Remark from Don Rickles 6 Crossed paths 18 It’s “knowing all the facts,” according to Woody Allen 7 Stand 19 Points along a bus route 8 Hypermeticulous 20 Connection provider, for short 9 German article 21 *Limits on team payrolls 10 Something involved in a firing 22 Ragtime legend Blake 11 “You missed your chance” 24 Airheaded 12 Vacuum tube innovation of 1946 25 Listen (to) 13 Beat 28 How cigars should be kept, say aficionados 16 Operatic villains, often 30 They praise in non-prose 20 Sleazeball 31 **Doesn’t go to either extreme 23 Makeup of many moon rocks 33 Head lines, briefly? 25 A whole bunch 36 Social gathering 26 Prefix with -logical 37 Shame 27 Quadrennial U.S. occurrence 38 “Perhaps ___” 28 Poker blunder 39 Tomorrow’s jr. 29 Michael of “The Great Santini” 41 Knight’s need 32 Managed 42 ___ Helmer of “A Doll’s House” 34 “Saw” stuff 43 George I or V? 35 Castor or Pollux 45 Blooming 40 Topping the Scoville scale 47 *Snitch 42 Was prying 49 Boxer’s concern, maybe 44 Elaborate, with “out” 50 Tickle 46 Punjab’s capital 51 Squid predator 47 Beats 52 Abductee of myth 48 Formula One racer Prost 56 Guarantee 49 Thinks but doesn’t know for a fact 58 1927 automotive debut 51 First name in mysteries 59 Dessert component often bought premade 53 ___ Strauss 60 *Individual telephone connections 54 Airline with a flag in its logo 61 Research org. 55 Statistician Silver 62 “Got that right!” 57 Often-illegal maneuver that is key to answering the asterisked clues 63 Mentally infirm 58 British V.I.P.s 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