NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

NO. 0823

Across

1 Clas sic TV show with a celebrity panel 10 Verbally attack 14 T averns 15 Yo -Yo Ma’s instrument 16 Ple a that accepts conviction without admitting guilt 17 Pictur e puzzle 18 S oda brand introduced in 1924 19 Feudal status 21 Philo sopher Descartes 24 Musical set in Oz, with “The” 25 “Aaron Burr, ___” (“Hamilton” song with a rhyming title) 28 Lik e Monopoly deeds that are flipped upside down 32 St archy substance found in some plant roots 34 Dir ection 35 Sof tware issues 38 Str ong suit? 39 Gift in a relationship that’s getting serious, maybe 40 “Network” director Sidney 41 Cat call 42 S aldana of “Star Trek Beyond” 43 Unsteady 44 4, for 19 divided by 5 47 W indows : Microsoft :: ___ :Apple 48 Snoo ze 49 S ome airport postings, for short 51 Fla wed 56 Counselor employer 60 Ic e cream feature represented four times in this puzzle 61 “F alse!” 64 Chutney fruit 65 Springing back in disgust 66 Ru ral carriage 67 Man y flower children, these days

Down

1 Thomas who wrote “Death in Venice” 2 ___ vera 3 Silic on Valley specialty 4 “Hallelujah!” singers 5 Sweetie 6 Belly 7 Unfailingly 8 F ormation with steep cliffs 9 Bes t guesses: Abbr. 10 The Devil 11 D uchess of ___ (Goya subject) 12 Cr eature leaving a slime trail 13 Gar den watering aid 15 Bond player after Brosnan 20 Influence 22 Sheik’ s peer 23 P refix with issue 25 Thailand, before 1939 26 About, on a memo 27 O ne might start “I heard …” 29 11 -year old, e.g. 30 Pa rt of L.G.B.T. 31 T oon that flies with his ears 33 L ethargic 36 Hair stiffeners 37 One hell of a river? 39 Gar den pond fish 40 Feudal figure 42 ___ Dingbats (font) 43 S oaked 45 D rug kingpin on “The Wire” 46 Se parate 50 Skullcap? 51 S chools of thought 52 Sound of an air kiss 53 ___ colada 54 F rench “to be” 55 P arty mix cereal 57 E t ___ (and others) 58 Se ven Dwarfs’ workplace 59 Mas termind game pieces 62 F rench “you” 63 Small taste