The New York Times Magazine - USA (2021-11-14)

OUT OF ORDER

By Alex Eaton-Salners

2 A lot

3 Shape of a spring

4 Good, long bath

5 Fond du ____, Wis.

6 Smallest Indian state

7 Like movies, by the Motion

Picture Association

8 Fruity beverages

9 Sets apart

10 Eye surgeon’s tool

11 An eye for an “I,” say

13 Surreptitious look

15 Jong who wrote “Fear of

Flying”

17 Piece

21 John of “Full House”

23 The Devil

24 Sockeye and coho

26 Billionth: Prefix

27 Baseball and football, as

opposed to boxing (4,6)

28 Bottom’s opposite

30 “Steady as ____ goes”

31 Connections

32 Eagerly accept, as an

opportunity (4,2)

34 Balderdash

36 Not doing anything

37 Take to court

39 Half a score

40 Soda container

45 Filled with ennui

ACROSS
1 Rights org.
5 Jazzy improv singing
9 Mideast land: Abbr.
12 Ends of fishing lines
14 Some music in Mumbai
15 Grouch
16 Lost consciousness (7,3)
18 Untruths
19 Dubai dignitaries
20 Mail alternative to
stamped
22 Cathedral recesses
25 Musical pauses
26 ____ smear
29 Once around the track
30 Dance at a Jewish wedding
31 Soup utensil
33 Window pieces
35 Expected, as a baby
38 Info like 23C, 47F, etc., for
airplane passengers (4,11)
41 2,000 pounds

42 Thieve

43 Harvest

44 Itsy-bitsy bit

46 Sign outside a hit play, in

brief

48 “____ ’em, Rover!”

49 Streetcars

51 Twirls

53 Howling spirit

55 Together (2,3)

59 Tidy

60 Fruit-filled dessert with

streusel topping (5,5)

64 Asked to see a driver’s

license, say, informally

65 Hoppy brews, in brief

66 Fragrance of roses

67 Issa of “Insecure”

68 Roster

69 Blood vessel

DOWN

1 Kids’ transport to school

47 Hip-hop performances

49 Opposite of tails

50 Inner soul

51 Things hammers hammer

52 “____ la vie”

54 Livens (up)

56 Flattened circle

57 Fork prong

58 Siestas

61 Dainty drink

62 ____ kwon do

63 Ta x o rg.

1 234 5678 9 10 11

12 13 14 15

16 17 18

19 20 21

22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37

38 39 40

41 42 43

44 45 46 47 48

49 50 51 52

53 54 55 56 57 58

59 60 61 62 63

64 65 66

67 68 69

The answer to every clue in this puzzle has an anagram. To solve, answer
a clue, then rearrange its letters to get a new word, name, phrase or other
crossword entry to be filled in the grid. For example, 1-Across, “Rights org.,”
is ACLU. That’s an anagram of UCLA, which you may enter at 1-Across.

SPELLING BEE

By Frank Longo

How many common words of 5 or more letters can

you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer

must use the center letter at least once. Letters may

be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7

letters. Proper names and hyphenated words are not

allowed. Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points

for a word that uses all 7 letters.

Rating: 9 = good; 18 = excellent; 27 = genius

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Our list of words, worth 31 points, appears with last week’s answers.

SNAKE CHARMER

By Patrick Berry

CIRCUIT BOARD

By Kousha Nejad

Connect the points on the circuit board so that every

point is connected to either one or three (never two)

other points, and so that no areas are enclosed. When

you’re done, all the points must be interconnected.

Ex.

Each answer begins in the correspondingly

numbered space and proceeds clockwise around the

S, ending in the space before the next consecutive

number. The chain of 11 answers will snake its way

around the grid twice.

Clues

1. Like much of North Africa’s climate 2. “You’re sadly
   mistaken!” (2 wds.) 3. Musical featuring the song
   “A New Argentina” 4. Familiar sound to a shepherd


2. Opera house in Milan (2 wds.) 6. Actress Tomei 7.
   Long, embittered speeches 8. Multigenerational story


3. Destined to happen 10. Geographical reference


4. Batter-fried seafood appetizer

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8

11

6

4 10

3

9

5

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Puzzles