The New York Times crossword puzzle
Attention Editors: Clues 20- and 52-Across and 4- and 10Down all begin with the ‘peace’ hand gesture emoji. Across
1 Ctrl+V command
6 Tennis shot that might be smashed back
9 “Yes we can” sloganeer of 2008
14 One of the Ivies
15 Japanese sash
16 Disney film set in imperial China
17 Wasn’t overturned, as a ruling
18 Driving for Uber, e.g.
19 Raffle ticket, e.g.
20 , at an antiwar protest
23 “Shoulda listened to me!”
26 Make believe
30 It’s a drag
31 Reader’s download
33 ___ Mai, singer with the 2018 hit “Boo’d Up” 34 Buckwheat noodles in Tokyo
35 Independent divisions, in corporate jargon
36 Fission focus
37 Bottomless well
39 Grandma, to Brits
40 Treasure stash
41 “Let’s do this thing!”
43 Bunches of flowers
44 “___ to Autocorrect” (Martha Silano poem)
45 Person on a beat
47 ___’easter
48 “Spring forward” hrs.
49 Musical set in ancient Egypt
50 Cathedral recess
52 , from Winston Churchill
55 Print maker?
57 Hawaiian greeting
58 “I am woman, hear me ___”
61 Buy in, say
62 ___ City (Detroit) 63 Shrek or Fiona
64 Boilermaker component
65 Captain’s “Stop!”
66 Incline that affords access
Down
1 “This Old House” network
2 Apt name for a curator
3 Phillipa of “Hamilton”
4 , when ordering
5 Ceased
6 Early home for Abraham Lincoln
7 Theater award that sounds like 15-Across
8 Implement for eating soup but probably not for stirring coffee 9 Alpha’s opposite
10 , in a silly group photo
11 ___-pop (eclectic genre)
12 Spoil
13 At ___ rate
21 All those in favor, in the Senate
22 Sorts
23 “Full speed ahead!”
24 “That’s a shame”
25 “I approve”
27 Breath mint from a tin
28 Garlic segments
29 Most docile
32 Suffix with schnozz
38 Prefix with political
40 Trunk
42 Frequent descriptor for 9-Across 43 Toaster treat
46 1904 Nobelist who wrote “Conditioned Reflexes”
47 Ballpark snack topped with cheese sauce
49 Label for a post-makeover photo
51 “404 Not Found,” e.g., in computing
52 Election Day exhortation
53 Speck
54 Quiet fitness discipline
55 The ___ Five (nickname for the “Queer Eye” cast)
56 Soul mate, with “the”
59 Pitching ability, colloquially
60 Be an agent for