N.Y. Times Crossword – Thursday, September 7, 2017

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By: Alex Eaton-Salners
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 16:56

ACROSS DOWN
1 One who settles arguments 1 Kind of order … or a hint to this puzzle’s unusual construction
8 Late bloomers 2 Stephen of “V for Vendetta”
14 “Stay strong!” 3 OPEC units: Abbr.
15 “Awesome!” 4 Classic Camaros
16 Like some information on food labels 5 Tropical tuber
17 Lady Bird Johnson’s real given name 6 “Nothing is easier than to denounce the ___; nothing is more difficult than to understand him”: Dostoyevsky
18 Newspaper unit: Abbr. 7 Boom box button
19 Plying with wine and roses, say 8 Visibly embarrassed
20 Old TV screens, for short 9 Reach, as an altitude
23 Like Nevada among all U.S. states 10 Push
25 Non-P.C. suffix 11 Singer Gormé
26 ___ polloi 12 Comes down
27 Laugh riot 13 Retrieves, as balls
28 Heading for the fence? 17 British runner Sebastian
30 “Ta-ta for now!” 19 ___ Gaston, first African-American manager to win a World Series
33 ___ to one’s ears 20 “Just relax!”
37 Scarlet stigma 21 Loggers’ contest
38 Fish that’s being reeled in 22 Isn’t on the level
41 Hit the top in Tetris, e.g. 24 Queen, for one
42 Maker of Star Wars and Indiana Jones video games 27 Bit of a giggle
44 Longtime record label for Elton John and Mary J. Blige 29 “___ yellow ribbon …”
47 “Love ___” (Beatles song) 31 Modern educational acronym
48 Sch. on the bank of the Charles River 32 Something you feel in your gut?
49 Kingston dude 34 Things most people follow
52 Veteran 35 Word before “Yesterday” in a Tony Bennett hit and “Tomorrow” in a Sammy Kaye hit
54 Capital of the Land of the Midnight Sun 36 Green sauce
55 Optimistic bridge calls 39 “That’s simply lovely!”
57 They’re parked in parks 40 Brandy label letters
59 People who might greet you by saying “Talofa, afio mai!” (“Hello, welcome!”) 43 Ones calling people out?
60 Word in many a personal ad 45 Lead singer of Nirvana
64 Brian’s pal on “Family Guy” 46 Flared dresses
65 Former “Weekend Update” co-anchor 49 Old-fashioned
66 Hungers (for) 50 Almost circular
67 Its atomic number is 39 51 Setting of Hercules’ first labor
53 License to drill, for short?
54 Schindler with a list
56 “Hey there, tiger!”
58 Let it all out
60 Barnyard adjunct
61 “___ Ruled the World” (1996 Nas hit)
62 Opposite of old, in Oldenburg
63 It might precede a shower

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