THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hip-hop’s Kendrick ___ 6 Fly catcher 9 Like a visit from the Bishop of Rome 14 “Look before you leap,” e.g. 15 It’s not returned on the court 16 Way to stream “Game of Thrones” 17 Uber competitors 18 [Place in crisping sleeve; microwave for 2 minutes] 20 One of the Estevezes 22 Charged particle 23 Slate slate, for short 24 [Boil contents for 3 minutes; stir in seasoning packet] 28 Piercing spot 29 Setting for “Friday the 13th” 33 Santa ___ winds 36 Large or jumbo 37 “It is better to ___ well than to arrive” 39 [Put yesterday’s General Tso’s in microwave; heat for 2 minutes] 42 Placid 43 Hog fat 44 Gen. Beauregard’s side: Abbr. 45 Scent 46 iPhone assistant 47 [Boil contents for 8-10 minutes; drain; add butter; stir in bright orange powder] 55 Open ___ night 58 Genre for much Top 40 radio, for short 59 Made 60 Explanation one might give for following the directions of 18-, 24-, 39- and 47-Across? 64 Circle lines 65 Imbecile 66 Singer of the 2016 #1 hit “Cheap Thrills” 67 Tom Cruise hanging onto an airplane during takeoff, for example 68 Commercial prefix with -gram or -matic 69 ___-right (modern conservative movement) 70 Partners of dreams

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1 “Not now” 2 “Battlestar Galactica” commander 3 “He who hesitates is lost,” e.g. 4 Twinkle-toed 5 Pine product 6 Baby’s cry 7 Prefix with chic 8 “Woe ___ him, and her too”: Jane Austen 9 Cell, e.g. 10 Epitome of simplicity 11 Nudge 12 Like good Scotch 13 A ton 19 Inside-the-Beltway sort 21 Not taped 25 Seepage 26 Ohio school that pioneered coeducation 27 Create a digital image of 30 With: Fr. 31 “Don’t ___ with Texas” 32 “No contest,” for one 33 As well 34 Requirement 35 ___-Cuban (music genre) 36 John Quincy Adams, to John Adams 37 How often Daniel DayLewis has won Best Actor 38 Purge (of) 40 Five years, for the U.N. secretary general 41 “We ___” (convenience store sign) 46 Indian appetizer 48 Insurance giant 49 Govt. health agency 50 Stringent 51 Muse of poetry 52 Turn out 53 River into which Joan of Arc’s ashes were ordered to be thrown 54 Revises 55 “La Bohème” soprano 56 Safari’s is a compass 57 Some ferry cargo 61 “Just kidding!” 62 Painting medium 63 Krazy ___