N.Y. Times CrosswordPuzzle
Across
1 Sound before a
toast 5 Grin and bare it!
9 Dorm V.I.P.s
12 Spanish term of
endearment
14 Actor Sharif 15 Next-generation
releases?
16 Turkish city that lends its name to a species of rabbit, cat and goat
17 Dramatic honor
18 Start of X-X-X 19 Cousin ___ (“Succession” character)
20 Lead-in to care
22 Last model in iPod’s product line 24 Speck
25 Aid in selfdefense 26 Musical with the song “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” 27 Sound of
contentment 28 Industry bigwig
29 Exchange
words? 30 Expatriate
32 Female whales
35 Nonbasic
characteristic 36 Vehicle with a pedal assist mode
38 Flat, for short
39 Letter-shaped gasket
41 Sketchy stranger, in slang
44 Juillet to juillet,
e.g. 47 Hunk
49 “___ From the Bridge” (Arthur Miller play) 50 ___ honor 51 Pod producer
52 Multihued bird 53 It might give you
the chills
54 Singer known as the “Queen of New Age”
55 Highway no. 56 Scepter
toppers 59 Treasure
61 Kind of milk
62 Put on
63 Pressure
64 Like sauvignon blanc
65 Workplaces for some essential workers, in brief
66 Unit of corn
Down
1 Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle 2 GIF, e.g.
3 Common conjunction
4 Ones who don’t want to hear that you’re laying down on the job?
5 Easter eggmaking supply
6 Restaurant
critic’s concern
7 Cry of triumph after a good performance
8 Director Gerwig 9 Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed
10 “Levels” D.J.,
2011 11 Scented pouch
12 Underground
rock? 13 Bit of progress
21 Event first
observed in 1970
23 A daredevil may hit the slopes with it
28 Band with the 1982 hit “I Want Candy”
31 Joint
stockholders?
33 Certain woodwind requirement
34 Certain money transaction
37 Henry Ford or Nikola Tesla
40 Emphatic affirmative
41 Cannon loader
42 Blockbuster of 2009
43 Hot towel before a meal, say
45 Snap, crackle and pop
46 Alternative to wind or solar
48 Lights up
51 Brilliant fish
57 Sturgeon
delicacy 58 [It’s f-ffreezing!]
60 Seek damages from