Author:
Lewis Rothlein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Extended feature of "Hey Jude" and "Layla"
This puzzle:
Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Rothlein. Thursday freshness: 49%
Lewis Rothlein notes:
I avoided super large cities for this puzzle. Even though the reveal's TOWN can indicate one, as in the song "My Kind of Town" ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Rest in peace, Chester. I've had the privilege of working with Lewis on several puzzles now , and there have been so many times when ... read more
1 C | 2 O | 3 D | 4 A | 5 N | 6 B | 7 A | 8 F | 9 A | 10 B | 11 L | 12 E | 13 S | ||
14 A | D | A | M | 15 O | E | D | 16 L | I | A | I | S | E | ||
17 R | E | B | U | 18 T | T | E | D | 19 O | L | D | M | A | N | |
20 B | A | S | S | O | 21 B | L | 22 A | R | E | D | O | U | T | |
23 E | G | 24 O | 25 L | A | D | E | N | |||||||
26 N | 27 O | 28 R | M | 29 B | 30 B | 31 A | L | L | 32 A | C | 33 T | |||
34 C | H | E | E | 35 R | I | E | S | T | 36 A | L | E | R | 37 T | |
38 I | F | C | 39 Y | E | A | H | I | 40 G | H | 41 L | I | E | ||
42 S | U | I | 43 T | E | 44 H | O | M | E | S | 45 A | L | E | S | |
46 N | P | R | 47 M | E | T | E | D | 48 T | O | S | S | |||
49 R | A | 50 D | A | R | 51 S | 52 E | E | |||||||
53 P | 54 R | O | V | O | L | O | 55 N | 56 E | 57 S | I | 58 L | 59 O | 60 S | |
61 R | E | C | A | N | T | 62 S | K | 63 I | P | T | O | W | N | |
64 E | L | A | I | N | E | 65 F | E | D | 66 U | G | L | I | ||
67 P | O | L | L | E | D | 68 W | D | S | 69 P | O | S | T |
© 2022, The New York Times10/13/22 ( No. 26,637 )
Across
1
Extended feature of "Hey Jude" and "Layla" : CODA
5
Heat setting, in brief : NBA
8
Many morality tales : FABLES
14
Mankind, biblically : ADAM
15
Meaningful work, for short? : OED
16
Serve as a go-between : LIAISE
17
Sunset shade (MT) : REBUTTED
19
Churchill portrayer in 2017's "Darkest Hour" : OLDMAN
20
"Sixteen Tons" singer, often : BASSO
21
Start of an objection (TX) : BLAREDOUT
23
Props can build it up : EGO
25
Encumbered : LADEN
26
Opposite of an exception : NORM
29
It's played in the 5-Across, informally : BBALL
32
It may be hard to follow : ACT
34
Booty spot? (PA) : CHEERIEST
36
All ears : ALERT
38
"Documentary Now!" cable channel, originally : IFC
39
"... about up to here" : YEAHIGH
41
Bluff, say : LIE
42
Holst's "The Planets," for one : SUITE
44
They're the pits (AZ) : HOMESALES
46
Congress-created media giant : NPR
47
Dispensed, with "out" : METED
48
Throw out : TOSS
49
Evidence provider for some citations : RADAR
51
Go to : SEE
53
Sole (UT) : PROVOLONE
57
Isolates, in a way : SILOS
61
Withdraw : RECANT
62
Run off … or how to make the answers to 17-, 21-, 34-, 44- and 53-Across fit their clues : SKIPTOWN
64
Jamaican sprinter Thompson-Herah with five Olympic golds : ELAINE
65
Bottle-___ : FED
66
Lumpy citrus : UGLI
67
Did some campaign work : POLLED
68
15-Across focus: Abbr. : WDS
69
After, before : POST
Down
1
Consumer's energy source, informally : CARB
2
Old music halls : ODEA
3
Glue amounts, often : DABS
4
"Go on, do something funny" : AMUSEME
5
"Sorry ___ sorry" : NOT
6
"EastEnders" broadcaster, with "the" : BEEB
7
Extra: Abbr. : ADDL
8
Like leis : FLORAL
9
Was laid up : AILED
10
Devil's bargain, so to speak : BADDEAL
11
Fruit liqueur from Italy : LIMONCELLO
12
Hairy twin in a Bible story : ESAU
13
In the mail : SENT
18
Dress nicely, with "up" : TOG
22
Unequaled, ever : ALLTIME
24
Best New American Play award : OBIE
26
Longtime CBS procedural : NCIS
27
"Sounds exciting," sincerely or sarcastically : OHFUN
28
Going both ways : RECIPROCAL
30
Do something amazing for another : BEAHERO
31
Gives ___ (attempts) : ASHOT
33
Attempts : TRIES
35
Manhattan component : RYE
36
Sounds of realization : AHS
37
Actress Harper of "No Country for Old Men" : TESS
40
Their scores are on some coll. applications : GEDS
43
Painful effort : TRAVAIL
45
Enjoyed something with relish, say : ATEITUP
47
___ milk : MALTED
50
Poet who originated the phrase "For whom the bell tolls" : DONNE
52
Clairvoyant's claim : ESP
53
Ready, informally : PREP
54
Move, informally : RELO
55
"Careful where you open this" indicator : NSFW
56
Squeezed (out) : EKED
58
A bird in flight, for Lufthansa : LOGO
59
Birds whose eyes don't move : OWLS
60
Apt rhyme for "fit" : SNIT
63
Some items in purses, for short : IDS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
