N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Start of an encrypted web address 6 “Go”

follower

10 Hit the ___ 14 “Color me

surprised!” 16 Everybody:

Ger.

17 Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael?

19 Contractor’s

fig. 20 ___

Beach,

Calif.

21 Following

22 More

treasured

24 Counterpart of down:

Abbr.

25 Polishing the chandelier in “The Phantom of the

Opera” and laundering uniforms in “Hamilton”? 32 Procrastinator’s promise

34 Port___

(French cheese)

35 Like some nail polish shades

36 Day following hump day: Abbr.

37 “The Entertainer,” e.g.

38 Trace 39 “___ 2 Proud 2 Beg” (TLC hit)

41 Professor Moriarty’s first name 43 Exchange for

a tenner

44 Result of a poorly planned invasion of the Body Snatchers? 47 “Let’s ___!” 48 Biological

cavity

51 Roll-on

alternative 54 Tuned in

57 Grp. with

wands

58 “I’m tired of all this negative media coverage”? 61 Legendary queen once depicted on Tunisian currency

62 Consumers of audio and visual media only

63 Snail-like

64 Comedian

Richter

65 Tessellated creatures in Escher prints

DOWN

1 Brought on 2 “___ days …” 3 Equivalent 4 Reason to avert one’s eyes, for short

5 Marsh birds 6 X in XXX,

maybe

7 Name that derives from the Hebrew word for “earth”

8 First female U.S. attorney general

9 X in XXX,

maybe

10 Most expensive spice in the world by weight

11 Frequently 12 Tip-off

13 Model

Miranda

15 God

depicted wearing ostrich feathers

18 Per

23 Be a political

candidate 24 ___ Up, political group formed in response to the AIDS crisis

26 A little over three grains

27 Big name in

rental cars 28 One- or two-person vehicles in the Olympics

29 Source of

latex

30 Actress

Falco

31 Hardens

32 Ending of seven country names

33 River that starts in Pittsburgh 40 Finish some giftwrapping, say 41 Word before

black or Blue 42 Meager

43 “The only way to run away without leaving home,” per Twyla Tharp 45 Rudolph on

“S.N.L.”

46 Carry-on

limit, often 49 App’s

audience

50 En ___

51 Quality control guidelines: Abbr.

52 Hartman who voiced Troy McClure on “The Simpsons” 53 Take two

54 Unknown source, for short

55 Make, as

one’s way

56 Out of whack 59 It’s stranded

in a cell

60 Bobbie Gentry’s

“___ to Billie Joe”