THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Sonar”- equipped fliers
5 “Absolutely!”
10 Thrust
14 Latvian capital
15 Creamer of the L. P. G. A.
16 Dinner in a bowl
17 What is “It”?
20 Piece of low- end jewelry?
21 Pugilistic victory, briefly
22 Compete
23 Falcon’s home: Abbr.
24 Sitcom whose four main characters are convicted of a crime in the final episode
26 Old TV title role for Raymond Burr
30 Spring’s counterpart, tidewise
31 With 43- Across, “What is it?”
33 Proscriptions
36 Photo badges, e. g.
37 Quintets
40 Whom les Trois Mousquetaires served
41 Acquires
43 See 31- Across
45 Grub 48 Like pumpkins during the fall
49 Conical topper
52 ___ Lanka
53 Rainbow, for one
54 Little nipper
55 Timon of “The Lion King,” e. g.
59 What is it?
62 Biblical twin described as a “cunning hunter”
63 Pay for
64 Shade darker than eggshell
65 Item of loungewear
66 Classical promenades
67 “How’s ___?”
DOWN
1 Outduel, e. g.
2 Ford or Lincoln
3 Part of a canopy
4 One who may finish on a high note
5 Metaphor for easy access
6 Be suspended
7 Guffaw
8 Top- tier
9 Hit home
10 Yenta’s “gift”
11 Song lyric before “in the winter when it drizzles” and “in the summer when it sizzles”
12 Take a turn for the worse?
13 Took a hit, in a way
18 Asks for money
19 Extinct
24 Carry out a duty with diligence
25 Groovy
26 “Right on,” to a hipster
27 Harassed persistently
28 Chesapeake Bay delicacy
29 Men’s studies?
32 Cry after “hot”
34 Taboo
35 Omen
38 Decadent ones are often very rich
39 Binaural
42 Sr.’ s challenge
44 Cafeteria headwear
46 Thsi clue has one
47 Redirects, as a train
49 Post or Daily News
50 Juvenile comeback
51 Split up
55 Grp. assigning film ratings
56 ___ brothers, big political donors
57 Indefinable presence
58 Letter- shaped fastener
60 Haul into court
61 “The Revenant” star, to fans