N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD
ACROSS
1 Fans of the Bible?
11 It’s hardly a breath of fresh air 15 Apartment units 16 Where to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial 17 Necked, jocularly
18 Sort (through) 19 Perspectives 20 Starters 22 Bobs and weaves 23 Phoneunlocking option 25 Pictures 27 “Auntie,” on the telly
30 Dreaded examination 32 Like bells
33 Achilles’ heel, e.g. 35 Lap-sitter 36 Solution for a chef, maybe
37 Not on time, but that’s OK 41 Talent, in slang
42 Sister language of Thai
43 Member of the House of Saud, e.g. 44 ___ nut
45 Cicely
___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee 47 Seventh of 24
48 Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together 50 Right columns? 52 Roar from a crowd 53 Proverbial backbreaker 55 King ___ 59 “My, my!” 61 Get out of here! 63 Miguel in “Coco,” por ejemplo
64 Sweet Indian beverage 65 “Rock or Bust” rockers
66 One who’s about ready to go out?
DOWN
1 Attention getter 2 Lead-in to culture 3 Unfortunate thing to be out of
4 Nets 5 Alternative to 7Up
6 Like the circle in the 7Up logo 7 Intermittently 8 Dandy 9 Trickery
10 Tick off
11 Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna
12 Something that might be sacrificed at the altar? 13 “Never mind!”
14 Full of grit 21 Unite 24 Jaguars, e.g.
26 Trickery
27 With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally 28 Bad spells
29 Liquid paper? 31 Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented
34 & 36 What plasma may be removed from
38 “Check” 39 It comes before overtime
40 Slice of life, maybe
45 Kind of bone near the tibia and fibula
46 “___ done!” 48 Game site 49 Objects
51 Literally,
“law”
54 Face covering of a sort
56 Big producer of speakers 57 Santa ___, Calif. 58 Surrounded by
60 Nonfiction film, informally 62 Really jump out