NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 1228
ACROSS
1 Part of a Tibetan leader’s title
6 San Luis ___, Calif. 12 Catch in the act 15 Official decree 16 Polishing aids
17 Park in Manhattan, e.g.: Abbr.
18 Disciple of Haile
Selassie, informally 19 As part of a performing duo in 1991; as a solo artist in 2021 21 What might help someone get a leg up? 23 “Cool!”
24 Take home
25 As part of a band in 1998; as a solo artist in 2019
27 Put on staff
28 Vessel that’s a homophone of 24-Across 29 Get ___ on (ace) 30 “Place” on a Monopoly board 32 Lowest pitches in chords
36 One end of a battery 37 As part of a songwriting duo in 1990; as a solo artist in 2021 40 Really got to
43 “Rule” stating that the number of transistors per microchip doubles every two years
47 Brit who wrote “The Vanishing Half” 50 Meadow
51 Former Giants QB Manning 52 Understanding of a situation
53 With 60-Across, institution in which 19-, 25- and 37-Across are (thus far) the only three women ever to be inducted twice 57 “Waterloo” group 58 Acronym that might be shouted before a rash act
59 Heavens on earth 60 See 53-Across
63 “So sad”
65 Serving from a tap 66 Laughed loudly 67 Janelle who sang 2010’s “Tightrope” 68 There are about five of these in a tsp. 69 Way off base
70 Strict
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1 German article 2 2019 sci-fi film whose title means “to the stars” 3 Lends an ear 4 Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play 5 Architectural style started, strangely, in England
6 Canadian Thanksgiving mo. 7 Russian pancakes 8 Kind of chemical bond
9 Shelving area in a library
10 Part of a water quality evaluation 11 Buckeye State sch. 12 Vancouver Island city 13 Contended
14 ___ mountain dog (breed named for its origins near the Swiss capital) 20 Installs again, as a painting
22 Kind of sax 25 Hoagie
26 Grp. known as OTAN in France
31 Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize 33 Skeleton that’s no longer in the closet?
34 Stately tree 35 Concern for online advertisers, for short 38 Caffeine-containing nut
39 Goddess of peace 40 Isaac’s father, in the Bible
41 Game with a bat 42 Gives permission 44 Proud and regal 45 Like some casts or teams
46 Actor Wheaton 48 Strive to achieve 49 Over the bounds 54 Composer Schumann 55 Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) 56 Transfer, as a tulip 61 It’s unrefined 62 Summer hrs. in Pittsburgh 64 Japanese currency