NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 10 14 1 5 Shoe with Bumbling Hot Sets rod of a company fish points, race name in

15 math filler Some cartridge 16 Hershey caramel-filled 17 candy Land between the and Caspian the Persian Sea Gulf

18 With sleight of

hand, say 19 Devil-maycare attitude, in modern parlance 20 Having a meal!

23 Word from Swahili for “journey” 24 Go as far down

as 28 Curses 31 Oscar-winning

Sophia 32 Landmark 1973 Supreme Court case, informally 35Military

trainees 38 ___ Tometi, activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter 40 Author Mario

Vargas ___ 41 Aching

42 Downward dog 45 Bit of butter 46 49 47 Historic march Business abbr. “Seems right” location about 1965 sign 52 Providers some relief in comic “Star of Wars” 56 “Will you marry me?” 59 Grand party 62 Language quintet 63 Word on a deli scale 64 Retail giant that opened its first U.S. store near Philadelphia in 1985 65 Words, informally 66 In great shape 67 Ending with four or six, but not three or five 68 Sound of disgust 69 “Shoo!” Down 1 Pure joy

2 Main artery 3 Neck warmer 4 Singer O’Connor 5 “Piece of cake!” 6 Florida State

athlete, for short 7 Four-time Grammy winner for Best New Age Album 8 Bombards

9 “Have a taste!” 10 Textiles and sundries 11 Aussie hopper 12 “Is that ___?” 13 Glue … or a rhyme for “glue” 21 Sp. ladies 22 Mardi Gras locale, for short 25 About to go under the knife, in brief 26 Four: Prefix 27 Beginning 29 Simba’s mate in “The Lion King” 30 Range

32 Martini & ___ 33 Chose, with “for” 34 Some English

nobles

36 Those, to José 37 Make something seem less likely to be true

39 Vegetable in succotash 43 Pugilist’s goal 44 Historical figure played by Kurt Russell in “Tombstone” 48 Some diner seating choices 50 Russians and Belarusians 51 Classic theater 53 Singer/ songwriter Hayes

54 Girl in the “Our Gang” movies 55 Wintry mix 57 ___ de gallo (condiment) 58 Thunder 59 Concern when buying shoes 60 Squeeze (out) 61 Where a long drive often starts