10 Jan 22, Lynn Lempel’s NY Times Crossword
Constructed by: Lynn Lempel
Edited by: Will Shortz
Today’s Theme: The Grand Ole Rhyming Puzzle
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10 Jan 22, Lynn Lempel’s NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Police officers : COPS
- 5 Activity with a lotus position : YOGA
- 9 Word before Actor and Actress at the Oscars : BEST …
- 13 Tie score : DRAW
- 14 Emerged, as an issue : AROSE
- 16 Story about Zeus or Hera, say : MYTH
- 17 Where to get one’s Kix? : CEREAL BOWL
- 19 Have on : WEAR
- 20 Birds in a gaggle : GEESE
- 21 Dig in at dinner : EAT
- 23 ___ Lanka : SRI
- 24 Jeans or jodhpurs : PANTS
- 25 Singer/songwriter nicknamed “Piano Man” : BILLY JOEL
- 28 “___-Man” (Paul Rudd superhero film) : ANT
- 29 Gloomy atmosphere : PALL
- 30 In the countryside : RURAL
- 31 Forlorn, directionless type : LOST SOUL
- 34 Some hotel and restaurant staffers : VALETS
- 35 Place for a ship’s captain : HELM
- 36 Top-of-the-line : A-ONE
- 37 Places among the troops, as a journalist : EMBEDS
- 40 Survey of Election Day voters : EXIT POLL
- 44 Somewhat, informally : SORTA
- 45 Street ___ (acceptance among peers) : CRED
- 46 One of 435 in D.C. : REP
- 47 Greener energy source : CLEAN COAL
- 49 Skedaddles : SCATS
- 51 Org. promoting oral health : ADA
- 52 Source for maple syrup : SAP
- 53 Derisive cries from the audience : HOOTS
- 54 Jab : POKE
- 56 Categorize simplistically : PIGEONHOLE
- 60 Diabolical : EVIL
- 61 Marine animals with flippers : SEALS
- 62 “___ go bragh!” (“Ireland forever!”) : ERIN
- 63 Cold and damp, as a basement : DANK
- 64 Barbecue skewer : SPIT
- 65 1-Across in Manhattan, for short : NYPD
10 Jan 22, Lynn Lempel’s NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 U.S. public health agcy. : CDC
- 2 Common herb in pizza : OREGANO
- 3 Perennial embarrassments for teens : PARENTS
- 4 Like most desserts : SWEET
- 5 New Haven alma mater of five presidents : YALE
- 6 Sphere : ORB
- 7 Melted chocolate, e.g. : GOO
- 8 To boot : AS WELL
- 9 Luxury German carmaker : BMW
- 10 Blight on the landscape : EYESORE
- 11 Fix one’s gaze on : STARE AT
- 12 Sensations at amusement parks : THRILLS
- 15 Carrier based at Ben Gurion Airport : EL AL
- 18 Nincompoop : ASS
- 22 Ruthless ruler : TYRANT
- 24 Chum : PAL
- 25 “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” writer : BAUM
- 26 Under the weather : ILL
- 27 Minty drink at Churchill Downs : JULEP
- 29 Capitol insiders, informally : POLS
- 32 Letter before iota : THETA
- 33 Many family cars : SEDANS
- 34 Emptiness : VOID
- 36 Figure skating jump : AXEL
- 37 Got away : ESCAPED
- 38 Neighbor of Ukraine once part of the U.S.S.R. : MOLDOVA
- 39 Burglary, e.g. : BREAK-IN
- 40 Noted stretch of time : ERA
- 41 Grand speechmaking : ORATORY
- 42 Reveal inadvertently : LET SLIP
- 43 Discs on hi-fis : LPS
- 45 Xeroxes, e.g. : COPIES
- 48 Mushroom parts : CAPS
- 49 George or Louis, to William and Kate : SON
- 50 Leonard who wrote the song “Hallelujah” : COHEN
- 53 The late Alex Trebek, for one : HOST
- 55 Antlered animal : ELK
- 57 Distinct disparity : GAP
- 58 Pharmacist/philanthropist Lilly : ELI
- 59 Finale : END
