NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

NOTE: This puzzle has four different solutions. When you’re done, read the circled letters from top to bottom to find another one.

ACROSS

1 You might bid on it 5 First man, in Maori

mythology

9 Lead to

14 Plant

15 Encumbrance

16 It makes il mondo go

‘round

17 Bathroom cabinet item 19 More than flirt with 20 Vegas machine with

the best odds? 21 Ahead

22 “American ___”

(Neil Gaiman novel that won the Hugo and Nebula)

23 Japanese electronics

brand

24 Brain freeze cause 27 Product often advertising 99.99% effectiveness 31 “Headliner” of the first Warner Bros. short to win an Oscar

32 ___ Ren of “The Force

Awakens”

33 Big 12 sch.

36 Makes a small, plaintive

sound

37 K.c.-to-detroit

direction

38 Ad Council output, for

short 39 Grp. that advertised in “The Book of Mormon” playbills, surprisingly 40 Command after mistakenly pressing Ctrl+z

42 Spicy kind of seasoning 44 It might help clear

things up

47 Nocturnal marsupial 49 Event with Easter eggs 50 Runs

51 Behind

52 Where the cucumbers

are not for eating 55 Play matchmaker for 57 Sound filler

59 Upper atmosphere 60 Littlerascal

61 Damage

62 Authority

63 Federation formed in

1922, for short

64 Like many college film

projects

DOWN

1 ___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open winner 2 Kick hard

3 Who might be asked for a donation, in brief 4 “___ again …”

5 Illegally parked car, maybe

6 How some pet food is sold

7 Potent marijuana 8 Suffix with bull or bear 9 Cry of contempt 10 Citizenship test taker, perhaps 11 Get put away

12 Eat at

13 It may be perfect for

writing

18 Job at a bank, say 23 Some sources of

vitamin C

24 Ocular affliction

25 Wee

26 Emmy winner Aduba 27 Code inits.

28 How you might feel looking at the Northern Lights

29 Fit for a big write-up,

say

30 “Right?!” 34 Closingactivity

35 ___ interface

37 Biblical land near the kingdoms of Judah and Moab 38 Scotchflavorer 40 E.r.staffers 41 Brown.follower

42 Mess

43 Get more 45-Down 45 See43-down

46 Gets ready, as a cue

stick

47 Fertile spots 48 Masterwork completed

in 1499

51 Snack brand owned by

Pepsico

52 Holiday cookie shape 53 Sassy

54 Drove

56 Whiz

57 Nickname that’s an

alphabet trio

58 “I’ve got it!”