The New York Times
No. 0402
ACROSS
1 Vessel for whitewater rapids
5 Let the cat out of the bag
9 Melting Face or Heart Hands
14 “___ Enchanted” (2004 comedy)
15 Headwear for 14-Across
16 Debriefed?
17 Black Friday offer, e.g.
19 Shirley Temple, for one
20 “That would stink!”
21 United
22 Stay-at-home ___
23 Something extended to a borrower
29 “Jesus, ___” (Wilco song)
30 Highway no-nos, for short
31 One might be Horatian
32 Choices in a sleepover game
35 Grit
37 Fam, formally
38 Plus these other authors: Abbr.
39 “Stop right there!” … or a hint to the first words of 17-, 23-, 47- and 59-Across
40 Profile features on dating apps
41 “Atlantic” or “Pacific” fish
42 Legislative proposal
43 Ominous words on a flunked test
44 Boxer who defeated Superman in a 1978 DC Comics issue
45 Baby ___ (candy bar)
46 Woolly mammal
47 Gymnastics sequence involving tumbling
51 Beyond chill
54 Offshoot of punk
55 In which you might talk through your problems?
57 “God Only Knows,” vis-à-vis “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
59 Expansive medical center headquartered in Rochester, Minn.
61 Pal, in Peru
62 ___ horizon (black hole boundary)
63 “Peter Pan” dog 64 Alluded to
65 Noblewoman’s title
66 Checks out
DOWN
1 Made over
2 Hawaii “bye”
3 Barrage
4 Field protector
5 Mammal whose scientific name is just its name repeated
6 Beverage with a seasonal pumpkin spice variety
7 “___ you joking?” 8 Phone service unit
9 Throw one’s support behind, as a candidate
10 French river where two W.W. I battles took place 11 Goofy assent that precedes “artichokie”
12 Former White House press secretary Psaki
13 “Beats me,” in brief
15 Old habit?
18 Passionately sings (out)
24 One-up
25 Mesh with one’s peers
26 British Isles inhabitant during the Iron Age
27 Expression
28 Like stiff muscles
29 Fish that can give a shock
32 Like tea that’s OK to have before bed
33 Lagoon-forming landform
34 CeeLo Green’s “Forget You,” notably
35 Words to live by
36 Yale for whom the school is named
39 The “12” of 12:34
40 Drone, e.g.
42 TV drama about anarchist hackers
43 Peachy keen
46 Pass into law
48 End of the Greek alphabet
49 Messed (with)
50 “Dramatic” literary device
51 Pig Latin refusal
52 Oscar-winning actor Michael
53 Facilities where racquetball and basketball were first played, for short
56 A, in German
57 Partner of AFTRA
58 “I think …,” online 59 Director Brooks 60 Director DuVernay