The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 A test of one’s

humanity? 8 Holding in a cryptocurrency wallet

15 Watery 16 Emphatic

refusal 17 Winter Olympics events since 1988

18 “I suppose” 19 Cartwheels and

such 20 Intensifies, with

“up”

22 It might be on

the nose 23 Staff

24 Back in

college? 25 Noble title 26 Fats Domino’s “___ That a Shame” 28 There are 5,164 along the Great Wall of China 30 “A Death in the

Family” writer 31 Philippines battle site of W.W. II 33 Hard-hit line

drives, in slang 35 KFC side dish 36 Grub

37 Hardly a green

vehicle

41 Land: Sp. 45 “___, Red-Hot & Live” (1982 soul album) 46 Extent 49 Exactly right 50 Change states,

perhaps? 51 Jostle

52 Send out 53 They go to

great heights 55 Second or third

person?

57 ___ Grande, city south of Phoenix 58 Phone meeting,

briefly 60 Colossal 62 Repeat

63 Place to perform figure eights 64 Nitpickers 65 Provider of directions … or a hint to the four “+” shapes in this puzzle’s grid

Down

1 Bygone game show with a mobile set 2 School

houses? 3 Accommodations on a scouting trip 4 Driving needs 5 It covers 90+ million acres of the U.S.

6 ___ Jass, subject of one of Bart Simpson’s prank calls

7 OK

8 Circus venue 9 Onetime radio

host Don 10 Many a

TikToker 11 Mama

of pop 12 Making a

scene, say 13 It’s got you

covered 14 Chinese

restaurant fare 21 Arabian gulf

port

27 ___ Smith, star of Tyler Perry’s “For Better or Worse” 28 Issues while

fishing

29 Put on the

schedule

30 It’s on the plus

side 32 Business that makes cuts in order to turn a profit? 34 Smooth, lustrous material 37 Be informed,

perhaps 38 Olympian,

e.g.

39 Like many

paper handouts 40 Breaks down 42 Homeland of gymnast Nadia Comaneci 43 California ___ 44 Paroxysms 47 Double

figures?

48 Kind of justice

or license 54 Red Cross

fluids

55 Former senator

Trent

56 Puerto ___ 57 Complaining

fish?

59 Car radio

button 61 Acronym in

academics