12/15/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/15/16

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1D
Cover with graffiti, say
DEFACE

2D
1990s sitcom about a bookstore owner
ELLEN

3D
Kid’s father
BILLY

4D
Mideastern heat?
UZI

5D
Whups
TANS

6D
School whose mascot is Jumbo the elephant
TUFTS

7D
Juicy front-page story
SPLASH

8D
___ bag
KIT

9D
Fragrant Italian brandy
GRAPPA

10D
Joe Six-Pack
REGULAR GUY

11D
Crack
ADEPT

12D
Bob who directed the 1966 musical “Sweet Charity”
FOSSE

15D
Witch
CRONE

17D
Be successful
GO FAR

21D
Word with trip or strip
POWER

23D
You said it!
AMEN!

25D
British ___
ISLES

27D
So what?
AND?

29D
Sports org. with pitching
PGA

30D
Lines on some maps: Abbr.
RRS

31D
1969 film whose working title was “The Loners”
EASY RIDER

32D
Larsson who wrote “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
STIEG

33D
Volt per ampere
OHM

35D
I will speak daggers to her, but ___ none: Hamlet
USE

36D
Came together
MET

38D
Dish in a tortilla
FAJITA

39D
Part of a truck
CAB

40D
Rope
LASSO

45D
To some degree
OF A SORT

46D
Like bon mots
WITTY

47D
Safe spaces
ASYLA

48D
Summoned
PAGED

49D
Factor in a wine rating
AROMA

50D
Home to the Sami people
LAPLAND

51D
Green sides
SALADS

53D
British protectorate until 1957
MALAYA

54D
Finally!
AT LAST!

55D
Tell
RELATE

58D
Window coverings
SLATS

61D
Middling
FAIR

62D
Escapade
LARK

1A
Kickoff
DEBUT

6A
For shame!
TSK!

9A
Only tennis player to have won each Grand Slam event at least four times
GRAF

13A
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
ELIZA

14A
Reuters competitor
UPI

15A
Words to live by
CREDO

16A
Bombing, as a joke
FALLING FLAT

18A
Parties hard, in modern lingo
RAGES

19A
Doc’s image, e.g.?
CEL

20A
Drunks
SOTS

21A
Windows that are usually closed
POP-UPS

22A
Singer with the 2008 album “And Winter Came …”
ENYA

24A
Trendy type
FASHION PLATE

26A
Spoil
MAR

28A
Say with a raised hand
SWEAR

29A
Tidy oneself
PREEN

32A
Slipper part
SOLE

34A
It’s not allowed in many classrooms
GUM

37A
Discriminatory part of post-Reconstruction legislation
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE

41A
Biblical beast
ASS

42A
Slim ___ (snack sticks)
JIMS

43A
To date
AS YET

44A
That hurts!
YOWIE!

47A
Chippendales dancers have nice ones
ABS

48A
Short-stemmed vessel
PARFAIT GLASS

52A
Actor Epps
OMAR

56A
Bygone record label
ARISTA

57A
Is worth doing
PAYS

59A
Had something
ATE

60A
Title character who never appears
GODOT

61A
Christmastime refrain
FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

63A
___ paper (abrasive)
EMERY

64A
Ill. Neighbor
IND

65A
Plot feature of Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida”
TRYST

66A
Bolt
DART

67A
Lines on some maps: Abbr.
RDS

68A
Glide
SKATE