The New York Times
Edited by Will Shortz No. 0118
ACROSS
1 Recede
4 Submit, as
homework
10 “Yeah ... I don’t
think so”
14 Gymnast Suni of
Team U.S.A.
15 Plaza resident of
fiction
16 What some flakes
are made of
17 59-Across from someone who’s paying?
19 Thus
20 Feature of Jupiter’s moon Europa
21 Apple field
worker?
23 Acronymic title for a legendary athlete
26 23-Across, in
boxing
27 Purchase
30 59-Across from an
anxious caller?
33 Sound of intrigue
34 Thoroughly enjoy
35 59-Across from a frustrated parent?
41 “I’m _ _ _ of you” (Valentine’s Day message for a plant lover?)
42 Mole that should definitely be removed?
43 59-Across from a
carpooler?
1 14 50 Record label for
H.E.R. and SZA
51 Letters of
amusement
52 Erstwhile
54 Tons o’
56 Singing rodent of
cartoondom
57 Bridges in film
59 “Come here often?,” e.g. … or a hint to 17-, 30-, 35- and 43-Across
63 “Frozen”
snowman
64 It might include a
plus one
65 Feminist assn.
since 1966
66 Storage
containers
67 Like matryoshka
dolls
68 Speech fillers
DOWN
1 Poet who wrote “April is the cruellest month”
2 “You ___!” (informal affirmative)
3 Appear in public
4 “Whoa, take it
easy!”
5 Prefix with rock or
country
6 Neither’s partner
7 Game piece with
multiple faces
8 Name meaning
“God is salvation”
9 Annoy
10 Cab alternative 11 1983 hit song that begins with “Domo arigato”
12 Prod, and then
some
13 Famous bed-in
participant
18 They have issues,
in brief
22 Certain itinerant
musician
24 “___ Flux” (1990s animated sci-fi series)
25 Setting for the
“Iliad”
28 “E pluribus _ _ _”
29 Informal
affirmative
31 Ones being pointed to at a distance
32 Good, in Chinese
35 Certain slip-on
shoe
36 Die-hard follower
37 Ambient musician
Brian 38 Grown-up
39 Topknot, for one
40 Reynolds of
“Deadpool”
41 N.Y.C. drive, with
“the”
44 Straight-up
45 Five-time Olympic sprinting gold medalist ___ Thompson-Herah
46 Harvested
47 “___ be OK”
48 Heavenly
49 Key of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5
53 Celeb gossip show
55 Exterminates
57 Word with snow
or day
58 QB Manning
60 Drugstore chain known for long receipts
61 Baby fox
62 Great Basin tribe