N.Y. Times Crossword – Monday, October 9, 2017 October, 9, 2017, 8:57 am by gregofla By: Joe Deeney Theme: None Difficulty (0-10): 1 Time: 9:57 ACROSS DOWN 1 Civil rights pioneer Du Bois 1 Electronic money transfer 4 Shade of blue 2 “The Time Machine” people 8 Rant 3 Edifice: Abbr. 14 Chicago’s home: Abbr. 4 Informal talks 15 Racer with the tortoise 5 Gridiron gains 16 Like a show with a single performer 6 Bay ___ (San Francisco, Oakland, etc.) 17 Only major-league player to enter the 3,000-hit club in the 1980s 7 When repeated, Frank Sinatra title city 19 Ranting 8 Holy Jewish scroll 20 1965 Beatles hit that starts “Ooh, I need your love, babe” 9 Wowed 22 Donkey 10 Classic game with black-and-white discs 23 Final bubble on a questionnaire, maybe 11 Female friend for François 24 Something a barber has to work around 12 Cold and damp, as a dungeon 26 Maidenform product 13 Main lang. of the Commonwealth countries 27 Catch, as on a thorn 18 Nautical map 31 HBO show hosted by John Oliver 21 Believer in a strong federal government 36 And so on: Abbr. 24 Message on a cake in “Alice in Wonderland” 37 Home for the Hawks and Braves: Abbr. 25 Fancy tie 38 Equal: Prefix 26 Pulitzer-winning Toni Morrison novel 39 Pal of Pooh 28 Google ___ Viewer (tool for charting word frequency over time) 40 1974 John Updike novel 29 Ship-to-ship communications? 44 Greek cheese 30 Classic Pontiacs 45 Winery container 31 Flip (through) 46 Verbal stumbles 32 Angkor ___ (Cambodian site) 47 Tattoo artist 33 Biblical verb suffix 50 Bug spray brand 34 The Beavers of the Pac-12, for short 52 The change from Julian to Gregorian … or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible? 35 The “N” of NCO 58 A snake has a forked one 41 Carpenter’s tool that’s faster than a hammer 59 Engages in military conflict 42 Very distant 60 Acting grown-up 43 Homer Simpson’s favorite beers 61 Barely 48 Prefix with science 62 Three on a grandfather clock 49 Crawling on hands and ___ 63 Dictation experts 50 Church instrument 64 Hankerings 51 Supplies with meals 65 Newspaper staffers, for short 52 Jacket 53 Upfront bet 54 Give stars to 55 Little injury, in baby talk 56 Antipest spray 57 Some hospital pics 58 Things with ® symbols: Abbr. 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