THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Classic TV show with a celebrity panel

10 Verbally attack

14 Taverns

15 Yo-Yo Ma’s instrument

16 Plea that accepts conviction without admitting guilt

17 Picture puzzle

18 Soda brand introduced in 1924

19 Feudal status

21 Philosopher Descartes

24 Musical set in Oz, with “The”

25 “Aaron Burr, ___” (“Hamilton” song with a rhyming title)

28 Like Monopoly deeds that are flipped upside down

32 Starchy substance found in some plant roots

34 Direction

35 Software issues

38 Strong suit?

39 Gift in a relationship that’s getting serious, maybe

40 “Network” director Sidney

41 Cat call

42 Saldana of “Star Trek Beyond”

43 Unsteady

44 4, for 19 divided by 5

47 Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple

48 Snooze

49 Some airport postings, for short

51 Flawed

56 Counselor employer

60 Ice cream feature represented four times in this puzzle

61 “False!”

64 Chutney fruit

65 Springing back in disgust

66 Rural carriage

67 Many flower children, these days

DOWN

1 Thomas who wrote “Death in Venice” 2 ___ vera

3 Silicon Valley specialty

4 “Hallelujah!” singers

5 Sweetie

6 Belly

7 Unfailingly

8 Formation with steep cliffs

9 Best guesses: Abbr.

10 The Devil 11 Duchess of ___ (Goya subject)

12 Creature leaving a slime trail

13 Garden watering aid

15 Bond player after Brosnan

20 Influence

22 Sheik’s peer

23 Prefix with issue

25 Thailand, before 1939 26 About, on a memo

27 One might start “I heard …”

29 11-year old, e.g.

30 Part of L.G.B.T.

31 Toon that flies with his ears

33 Lethargic

36 Hair stiffeners

37 One hell of a river?

39 Garden pond fish

40 Feudal figure

42 ___ Dingbats (font)

43 Soaked

45 Drug kingpin on “The Wire”

46 Separate

50 Skullcap?

51 Schools of thought

52 Sound of an air kiss

53 ___ colada

54 French “to be”

55 Party mix cereal

57 Et ___ (and others)

58 Seven Dwarfs’ workplace

59 Mastermind game pieces

62 French “you”

63 Small taste