The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Italian sauce with meat and tomatoes 5 Person seeking

damages 9 Letter that’s only 25% of the way through the Greek alphabet, surprisingly 13 Cheers for

banderilleros 14 Martial artist/ actor who played the emperor of China in 2020’s “Mulan” 15 Good name for an ophthalmologist 16 “You and I should eat that” 18 Salmon, e.g. 19 Force out 20 Flowering plants associated with the Augusta National golf course

22 Utter 23 Actress Garr 25 Dating app

description 26 Kid at a college bar who seems, to me as a bouncer, too young to allow in 32 Palestinian president starting in 2005

34 Place 35 Calendar box 36 Essential

point

37 Bill worth

billions 39 When most Geminis are born

40 Spoil

41 Dog breed whose coat resembles dreadlocks 42 Drinks at soda

shops 43 Easter item

that the woman is

going to decorate 47 More, in

Mexico 48 Short johns? 49 Nowhere to be found, informally

Risk territory bordering Siberia Sponsored boys at baptisms 58 Desertlike 59 What the

couple dressed in lupine

costumes said 61 It’s worth zero

in baccarat 62 Gets wind of 63 Land whose prime minister is known as the Taoiseach 64 “For Pete’s

___!”

65 Stops waffling 66 Licks, maybe 52 56

DOWN

1 Hats, so to

speak

2 Siri : Apple ::

___ : Amazon 3 Seat of Pennsylvania’s

Adams County 4 Losing team in the “Miracle on Ice” hockey

game

5 Harsh 6 Shoshonean

language 7 Director Kazan 8 Little Nabisco

crackers

9 Bag brand 10 Great Lakes

port

11 Mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles 12 Requests 14 Affected by

ennui

17 Most Rwandans and Burundians

By Peter Gordon

21 Member of a

support staff 24 Impart, as

values 27 Dodgers might

not pay it 28 “Jeopardy!”

impossibility 29 XXX film 30 Speak

hysterically 31 Batiking needs 32 High point 33 Talk big

37 “Tell me if you recognize me from just my voice and the feel of my hands over your eyes” 38 Last word of the Pledge of Allegiance 39 Middle

Brady family daughter 41 Cool, in old

slang

42 Botch 44 Photocopy

flaw 45 Waiters at busy restaurants might be handed them 46 Declares

openly

50 Like helium 51 Sure-footed

pack animals 52 Sure-footed

pack animals 53 Number that’s often in Italian 54 Sharp twist, as

in a hose 55 Remain

fresh

57 Whole bunch

60 Tattletale