0401-19 NY Times Crossword 1 Apr 19, Monday

Constructed by: Joel Fagliano
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Theme (according to Bill): Foolish Answers

Happy April Fool’s Day, everyone! We get fooled with a “set” of letters T, a “string” of letters G, and a “line” of letters B as today’s themed answers:

  • 20A Tea set? : TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (a set of Ts)
  • 36A G-string? : GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (a string of Gs)
  • 50A Beeline? : BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB (a line of Bs)

Bill’s time: 5m 10s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

As many of this blog’s readers know, I have been in Ireland for the past 6 weeks or so, helping care for my mother. Mom finally passed, very peacefully in her sleep, with her three sons around her bed.

Given the circumstances, I’m just providing a basic post for today. I run a one-man-show here, so I am sure you can understand the short pause in coverage of the daily puzzles. Mom was always a tough taskmaster, so I’m sure that her spirit will have me back up and running tomorrow.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Part of a jacket where a hands-free mic is attached : LAPEL
6 Powder for a gymnast : TALC
10 Part of a constellation : STAR
14 Michelle with the 2018 hit memoir “Becoming” : OBAMA
15 Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
16 Columbus’s home : OHIO
17 The end : FINIS
18 Unruly crowds : MOBS
19 Nevada casino city : RENO
20 Tea set? : TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (a set of Ts)
23 ___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
24 Five cards of the same suit, in poker : FLUSH
25 Tune you just can’t get out of your head : EARWORM
29 On fire : LIT
30 Suffragist ___ B. Wells : IDA
33 Rice or wheat : GRAIN
34 Slowly swivel sideways, as a camera : PAN
35 Unknown author, for short : ANON
36 G-string? : GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (a string of Gs)
40 French assents : OUIS
41 Bit of financial planning for old age, in brief : IRA
42 “The Little Mermaid” princess : ARIEL
43 Cory Booker or Cory Gardner: Abbr. : SEN
44 Spanish article : UNA
45 All together, as a crowd : EN MASSE
47 Like many people after eating beans : GASSY
49 Main squeeze, modernly : BAE
50 Beeline? : BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB (a line of Bs)
57 Earsplitting : LOUD
58 Peter Fonda title role of 1997 : ULEE
59 “… and sometimes y” preceder : A-E-I-O-U
60 Org. fighting for immigrants’ rights : ACLU
61 Lack of practice, metaphorically : RUST
62 Touches down on the tarmac : LANDS
63 Corridor : HALL
64 Receives : GETS
65 Olympic sleds : LUGES

Down

1 Apartment in an old warehouse district, say : LOFT
2 Not much : A BIT
3 Breathe like a tired runner : PANT
4 Give off : EMIT
5 Band’s closing number : LAST SONG
6 Drum with a repetitive name : TOM TOM
7 Tons and tons : A LOT
8 Rainbow symbol of pride : LGBT FLAG
9 Chess move involving the king and rook : CASTLING
10 Out of ___ (discombobulated) : SORTS
11 “Here’s what you have to realize …” : THE THING IS …
12 Slangy negative contraction : AIN’T
13 Tree anchor : ROOT
21 What cigarette filters are supposed to block : TAR
22 Egyptian boy king : TUT
25 Certain frozen waffles : EGGOS
26 Squabble : ARGUE
27 1980 Scorsese/De Niro classic : RAGING BULL
28 What many of the founding fathers wore : WIGS
31 Old Venetian rulers : DOGES
32 An obtuse one is more than 90° : ANGLE
34 Links org. : PGA
35 Home of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
37 Supreme Court justice nicknamed “The Notorious R.B.G.” : GINSBURG
38 Shade similar to slate : GRAY BLUE
39 N.B.A. souvenir : GAME BALL
44 Thumb drive port, for short : USB
45 ___ Field, onetime home of the Brooklyn Dodgers : EBBETS
46 Catch red-handed : NAB
48 Paula who once judged on “American Idol” : ABDUL
50 When tripled, “and so on and so forth” : BLAH
51 ___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
52 Common email sign-off word : BEST
53 Lover : BEAU
54 Microsoft search engine : BING
55 Be an omen of : BODE
56 Kiss : BUSS