N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Hard to understand 7 Vegan protein source 11 Electric guitarist’s need 14 It makes an auto shine 15 Spirited horse 16 Luau finger food 17 Song lyric before “short and stout” 20 Turn down, as lights 21 “Check this out!” 22 Out of practice 23 “The Simpsons” character voiced by Nancy Cartwright 24 ___ to the throne 26 Attorney general under George W. Bush 33 Sully 34 1960s Ron Howard TV role 35 Eggs in a fertility lab 36 End of a cigarette or rifle 37 Were in accord 39 Nephew of Donald Duck 40 Number that never goes down 41 Morrison who said “A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity” 42 Some pork cuts 43 Appeasing, idiomatically 47 Writes 48 Gape 49 What designated drivers should be 52 Taurus symbol 53 Give silent approval 56 Grilled Japanese dish on skewers 60 What a dipstick measures the level of 61 Prep for publication 62 Where this puzzle’s circled letters can be found 63 Part of the body that’s stubbed 64 Trick 65 ___ network
DOWN
1 The “A” of DNA 2 Oscarwinning Malek 3 Do some last-minute studying 4 Leatherworker’s pointed tool 5 Fancy work from a manicurist 6 Squeeze money from 7 Format of much AM radio 8 Metal in a mine 9 What Jack Sprat couldn’t eat, in a nursery rhyme 10 Transform using mobile technology, as a market 11 TikTok and Zoom, for two 12 Not worth debating 13 Feel sorry for 18 Band with the 1983 #1 hit “62-Across” 19 Surrounding glow 23 Like the wire in paper clips 24 “Cross my heart and ___ to die” 25 Oklahoma city 26 Facing the pitcher 27 Ha-ha 28 Dog to avoid 29 Pull out all the stops 30 Nephew of Donald Duck 31 100- or 200-meter, e.g. 32 Final authority 37 Enlist 38 Quaint lodgings 39 Sound of a car or goose 41 Brought up the rear? 42 Disreputable sort 44 International grp. with a 1970s U.S. embargo 45 Water: Sp. 46 Southeast Europe’s ___ Peninsula 49 Person who may speak with a brogue 50 Home of Cincinnati 51 Ill humor 52 Unit that may be preceded by kilo-, mega- or giga53 Black: Fr. 54 Killer whale 55 Telephone 57 Univ. URL ending 58 ___ in the bud 59 ___TV (cable channel with “Impractical Jokers”)