N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Some dash mounts

5 Prepare for the long haul?

10 Juul, e.g.

14 First

person?

15 Cropped up 16 Musk of

45-Across 17 Puerto ___ 18 Condition better known as anemia

20 Kibitzing

passenger 22 With it, in old

slang

23 Two-syllable

cheer

24 Glistens with shimmering colors

30 Jazz style that influenced the Beat Generation 34 Mauna ___ 35 TV addict

37 Baseball

stats

39 Disney

princess who shares a name with a Shakespeare character

40 The “A” of

M.M.A.

41 Blabbing

informant

44 Prey of a murder hornet

45 Maker of the Model S and Model 3

46 Best Comeback Athlete, for one 48 Abbreviation that can replace an ellipsis

50 Courtly

title

51 Dilettantish know-itall

59 Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safari

60 Nobel laureate Wiesel

61 Golden calf,

e.g. 62 World of Warcraft enthusiast, for one

63 Bone on the pinkie side of the forearm 64 Courtly title 65 Flexible Flyer

products

66 Products of Always or Stayfree

DOWN

1 Low-___ diet 2 Sarah McLachlan hit that’s 51-Down spelled in reverse

3 Espressos “stained” with a bit of milk

4 Like some salmon and turkey

5 Airplane

ticket info

6 Las Vegas resort with a musical name

7 Ilk

8 Like thrift

shop wares 9 “Pain and Glory” director Almodóvar 10 Kraft product 11 Soothing succulent 12 Not up to expectations 13 Word after business or bitter

19 Frodo’s first cousin (mother’s side) and

second cousin (father’s side)

21 De-tailed

detail?

24 Runner-up’s

rueful report 25 Road trip

plan

26 Dial or Tone 27 Nobel Prize winner of 1903 and 1911

28 Modern health risks, for short

29 Their population in New Zealand peaked at 70 million in 1982

31 1968 Jane Fonda sci-fi role

32 Animal that’s known to enjoy water slides 33 Asked, as a

question

36 Stratagem 38 How presidents swear when taking the oath of office 42 Door

fastener

43 See

59-Down

47 Clean, as with a paper towel

49 Drinks down

heartily

51 Opera that’s 2-Down backward

52 Church

cross

53 Overly fussy, informally 54 “I’m just like that,” in modern lingo

55 Slender

plant

56 Misses the

mark

57 Cocktail

garnish

58 Oolong and

Darjeeling

59 With 43-Down, rapper with the 2021 #1 hit “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”