NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Boosts, with “up” 5 Result of digitization 9 Medium for a model 13 Subjects of many nonfiction best sellers 15 Kind of list

16 First name in morning TV

17 Word that can follow sea and man to make new words

18 “Let There Be Rock” rock band

19 Goals

20 What the Constitution provides among the branches of government 23 Application

24 ___ Killmonger, “Black Panther” villain 25 Spouting nonsense 30 Free rein

34 The Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conf.

35 You might take his word for it

37 Good gardening soil 38 Many a Twitter thread 40 Leave college early, perhaps

42 “Livin’ la Vida ___” 43 [Things seemed to be

going so well] 44 Brings in

46 Bring in

47 Vending machine directive

50 One way of seeing or standing 52 What apiphobes fear 54 Showed fear, maybe 55 Famous symbol of the Cold War

61 Cajole

62 The Big Easy

63 Tipping point?

65 Like a leviathan 66 Monopoly token replaced in 2013 by a cat

67 Court locale, with “The” 68 Western tribe

69 Even numbers and odd numbers, in math 70 Some detective fiction, informally

DOWN

1 Contents of some sidebars

2 Preconcert job

3 Food that may be puréed for babies 4 Capital on the Mississippi

5 Attempt, informally 6 Traditional treatment for altitude sickness 7 Confuse

8 Like many popular 13-Across

9 With 39-Down, fulfill requirements … or how to fill four of this puzzle’s squares? 10 Sole

11 Also mentions

12 “___ queen!” (slangy affirmative)

14 Detector 21 Clear, in a way

22 It means nothing 25 Source of the words “pajama” and “spinach”

26 Lightning Bolt 27 Breathers

28 Assistant in a horror film

29 Home on the range 31 Who has been nominated for more acting Oscars than Meryl Streep 32 Grammy-winning Musgraves

33 “Game over”

36 Platter

39 See 9-Down

41 Work of Bellini or Gounod

45 Most of cornmeal 48 Outdoor retail giant 49 In which good service is important

51 Out, as a library book 53 Archive

55 Last step of a purchase

56 Summon

57 What “thrombus” means to a doctor

58 First name in fairy tales 59 Manipulator of Othello 60 Decorative sewing case

61 Steven ___, secretary of energy under Obama

64 One of 24 game pieces