New York Times, Monday, November 7, 2022
Author:
Jill Singer
Editor:
Will Shortz
What baba ghanouj is often served with
Across
1
Outstanding : SUPERB
7
Clothes line? : SEAM
11
Toothed tool : SAW
14
“Now it makes sense” : OHISEE
15
Opposite of baja, in Spanish : ALTA
16
How many it takes to tango : TWO
17
With 58-Across, “I’m so nervous! There are …” : BUTTERFLIES
19
Prominent feature of an elephant or dachshund : EAR
20
“Now it makes sense!” : AHA
21
Word with jerk or joint : KNEE
22
___ and Caicos Islands : TURKS
24
“I can’t stop thinking about it! There’s a …” : BEEINMYBONNET
28
Marched in an attention-seeking way : PARADED
30
German luxury auto : AUDI
31
Cards worth 1 or 11 in blackjack : ACES
32
Opposite of exo- : ENTO
33
“I’ll return soon,” in a text : BRB
36
“Why the troubled look?” … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 48- and 58-Across : WHATSBUGGINGYOU
41
Edgar’s nickname, perhaps : NED
42
Prefix with sphere : IONO
43
Flightless Australian birds : EMUS
44
Color of unbleached linen : ECRU
45
Skill : ABILITY
48
“I can’t sit still! There are …” : ANTSINMYPANTS
52
Cloth to dry off with : TOWEL
53
Figs. that include interest : APRS
54
Extra amount for a waiter : TIP
57
What hips don’t do, per a Shakira hit : LIE
58
See 17-Across : INMYSTOMACH
62
“___ we there yet?” : ARE
63
Where India is : ASIA
64
It has the same function as “Option” on a Mac : ALTKEY
65
6-3, 6-2 or 7-6 : SET
66
D.C. ball club, informally : NATS
67
Attacks : BESETS
Down
1
Japanese buckwheat noodle : SOBA
2
“No siree!” : UHUH
3
What baba ghanouj is often served with : PITABREAD
4
Approx. : EST
5
Stunk : REEKED
6
Senator Sanders : BERNIE
7
Witch trials locale : SALEM
8
One of the Mannings : ELI
9
Had breakfast, say : ATE
10
Extinct megafauna species whose name derives from the Greek for “breast tooth” : MASTODON
11
Rear of a ship : STERN
12
No longer in slumberland : AWAKE
13
___-case scenario : WORST
18
Ward (off) : FEND
23
Prefix with cycle or code : UNI
25
Sunrise direction : EAST
26
Yin’s counterpart : YANG
27
“___ have promises to keep, and miles to go …”: Robert Frost : BUTI
28
One of 16 on a chessboard : PAWN
29
Pain : ACHE
32
One in a Freudian trio : EGO
33
How one sends an embarrassing email to the entire office? : BYMISTAKE
34
Sound defeat : ROUT
35
Kind of phone signal that’s nearly obsolete : BUSY
37
Like thick-crust, rectangular pizza : SICILIAN
38
Created : BORN
39
E pluribus ___ : UNUM
40
Hanukkah money : GELT
44
Language suffix : ESE
45
Facebook and Pinterest : APPS
46
Record of drinks ordered : BARTAB
47
Dr. Scholl’s product : INSOLE
48
World record? : ATLAS
49
Bête ___ : NOIRE
50
Something a bird or celebrity might do : TWEET
51
“Get Yer ___ Out!” (Rolling Stones album) : YAYAS
55
Stage name for rapper Tracy Lauren Marrow : ICET
56
___ Ed (gym class) : PHYS
59
Intelligence org. : NSA
60
Sch. for aspiring engineers : MIT
61
Everest and Denali: Abbr. : MTS
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle.
