The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Teacher of the

Talmud 6 Alternative to a

thigh

10 Cousin of a picnic, informally 13 Horn or whistle,

at times 14 Home of Bach

Ma Temple 15 Nickname for Missouri’s second-largest city, with “the” 16 Was worth another mention 18 Cancel

19 Start of a simple selection process 20 Eartha who sang “I Want to Be Evil”

21 Cool place in a

hot place 23 Janet’s “nota-robot” boyfriend on “The Good Place” 25 Speaking

naturally 26 Travel discount 29 International intelligence organization? 30 With 40-Across, offshore work site

31 It’s money, in a

saying

35 Apple ___ 36 Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46and 61-Across 40 See 30-Across 41 “Light” of a light bulb moment 43 Get-upand-go 44 Surrounded by 46 Not

inflammatory? 50 Musical instrument also called a chacchac

53 TV’s Ted Lasso,

e.g.

54 “___ que sí!” (Spanish “Of course!”) 55 Fake

57 Eton students,

traditionally 60 .png alternative 61 Sanctuary like

Yellowstone 64 “What a

revelation!” 65 Public relations

focus 66 Needing

direction 67 Prohibit

68 Bring up 69 Trunk

DOWN

1 Broccoli ___ 2 It’s vera

soothing! 3 Rural shindig 4 Edy’s

competitor 5 Mischievous

tyke

6 Power unit 7 Still able to win 8 Lead-in to stick

or starter 9 Escort of a sort 10 Apathetic 11 Trap from all

sides 12 Dungeons & Dragons mission

14 Sort of poem not usually pluralized by adding an -s 17 Scraped (out) 22 Letters that are fittingly part of “f_mily _ _i_” 24 Bring up 25 Finish one’s

taxes

26 Ward (off ) 27 Tours de force

By Jared Goudsmit

28 “___ but a

scratch” 29 Customizable Nintendo avatar 32 1800s steampowered locomotive 33 Breath

freshener 34 Good ___ (kind

soul)

37 ___ Klein, author of “Why We’re Polarized” 38 “Curses upon

thee!”

39 Raw material for some analysts 42 Yonder 45 Subject of a

centuries-old theatrical superstition 47 Having legendary status

48 “You matter to

me”

49 Not many 50 Mundane employment, derisively 51 Leader of

Argos? 52 Harshly criticize, informally 55 “Without

delay!”

56 Epic

58 Part of Y.S.L. 59 Resting place? 62 Québécois

confidant 63 ___ fly (R.B.I.earning play)