NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Boosts, with “up” 5 Result of digitization 9 Medium for a model 13 Subjects of many nonfiction best sellers

15 Kind of list

16 First name in

morning TV 17 Word that can follow sea and man to make new words

18 “Let There Be Rock” rock band 19 Goals

20 What the Constitution provides among the branches of government 23 Application 24 ___ Killmonger, “Black Panther” villain 25 Spouting nonsense

30 Free rein

34 The Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conf. 35 You might take his word for it 37 Good gardening soil

38 Many a Twitter thread

40 Leave college early, perhaps 42 “Livin’ la Vida ___” 43 [Things seemed to be going so well]

44 Brings in

46 Bring in 47 Vending machine

directive 50 One way of seeing or standing 52 What apiphobes fear 54 Showed fear, maybe 55 Famous symbol of the Cold War 61 Cajole

62 The Big Easy 63 Tipping point? 65 Like a leviathan 66 Monopoly token replaced in 2013 by a cat 67 Court locale, with “The” 68 Western tribe 69 Even numbers and odd numbers, in math 70 Some detective fiction, informally

Down

1 Contents of some sidebars 2 Preconcert job 3 Food that may be puréed for babies 4 Capital on the Mississippi 5 Attempt, informally 6 Traditional treatment for altitude sickness 7 Confuse

8 Like many popular 13-Across 9 With 39-Down, fulfill requirements … or how to fill four of this puzzle’s squares?

10 Sole 11 Also mentions 12 “___ queen!” (slangy affirmative) 14 Detector 21 Clear, in a way 22 It means nothing 25 Source of the words “pajama” and “spinach” 26 Lightning Bolt 27 Breathers 28 Assistant in a horror film 29 Home on the range

31 Who has been nominated for more acting Oscars than Meryl Streep 32 Grammy-winning Musgraves 33 “Game over” 36 Platter

39 See 9-Down 41 Work of Bellini or Gounod 45 Most of cornmeal 48 Outdoor retail giant

49 In which good service is important 51 Out, as a library book 53 Archive

55 Last step of a purchase 56 Summon 57 What “thrombus” means to a doctor 58 First name in fairy tales 59 Manipulator of Othello 60 Decorative sewing case 61 Steven ___, secretary of energy under Obama

64 One of 24 game pieces