N.Y. T I MES C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 Hershey’s foiled confection 5 Grade upgrade 9 ___-mo 12 Chaotic way to run 13 Dolphins’ home

14 Hip to, as the latest news 15 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of U.S. CAPITOL

18 Declaration made with a card in hand 19 Diameter of a quarter, roughly

20 Mrs. Doubtfire, for one 21 Madre’s hermana 22 “Obvs!”

23 “My Sister’s Keeper” author Picoult

25 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of UNEARTHS 31 Phone no. 32 “___ & Roy” (children’s TV series) 33 “Selma” director DuVernay

34 Sand castle shaper 36 Some sausages, informally 38 Help with a holdup

39 Where ___ at 40 Breeze

(through)

41 FedEx alternative 42 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of GRAND TIME 47 Torah holders

48 “Nothing fools you better than the

___ you tell yourself”: Teller

49 Candy heart sentiment

51 Beginning to a logical conclusion 54 Disney queen of Arendelle 55 Angry state

56 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of MASTERING 60 ___ at windmills (fight imaginary foes)

61 Some Winter Olympics rides

62 Things you might open with a click 63 Sleep disrupter in a fairy tale 64 Hitch, say

65 Feed the

kitty

DOWN

1 Broken down for good 2 “Consider that done!” 3 One who plays alone 4 One of a crosscountry pair

5 Machu

___ (Inca citadel) 6 Mascara target 7 Thurman of “Gattaca” 8 “___ boom bah!” 9 Fabricated, as a yarn 10 College debt component

11 Word before child or human 13 Grade downgrade 14 Lightning Bolt

16 Like some pools

17 Not warranted 23 Kid

24 Units of electrical resistance 26 Sinuous fish

27 The sea, to Neptune 28 Cloth napkins and such

29 She lost paradise in “Paradise Lost”

30 2020 Chinese zodiac animal

34 2019 Chinese zodiac animal

35 Had a little something

36 Safe space? 37 Fixes, as an outcome 38 Sashimi tuna

40 Singer in Homer’s “Odyssey” 41 Lofty aspiration 43 Implied but not expressed 44 “Ready!”

45 Climbs

46 10-time N.B.A. AllStar Kevin 50 Poetry

51 Link letters 52 Buffalo’s lake 53 Character voiced by Beyoncé in 2019’s “The Lion King” 54 Pop-up breakfast brand

57 Kind 58 Resident of a cloister 59 Many a craft brew, briefly