The New York Times Crossword

Edited by Will Shortz No. 1108

ACROSS 1 Colombian cornmeal cake

6 “Are you sure about that?”

10 Home to more than 20% of Nevadans, informally

15 Frenzied

16 City famous for its French Quarter, familiarly

17 Wear away 18 Affirmative at sea 20 Buzz up, perhaps 21 _ _ _’easter

22 Dish of stuffed grape leaves 23 Prepared for serving, as a fancy dish

24 12 parts of a dodecagon

26 Hit BBC series of 1976

28 Arab League country

30 Name that’s found in “mesmerize” 31 Person who lives next to 28-Across 33 12 parts of a dodecagon

36 One supplying strong emotional support, metaphorically

40 Tax org. 41 Award-winning Chinese artist/ activist

44 Eggs on a sushi roll 45 “Busy” ones

47 Watch brand that’s the end-all?

48 ___-o 50 “The Wizard of Oz” pooch

52 New Haven collegian

54 Bart catchphrase on “The Simpsons” 59 What Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and “Us” evoke 62 Comes to realize 63 First noble gas, alphabetically 65 Japanese for “yes” 66 ___ Haute, Ind. 67 Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-,

41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking

69 Big kitchen brand 70 ___ Hendryx, “Lady Marmalade” singer 71 DreamWorks ogre 72 Underhanded

73 Kind of citizenship 74 Uses a coaster

DOWN 1 Big kitchen brand 2 Lustrous semisynthetic fabric

3 Activity tracked by the Nest or mySunPower app 4 Part of an Insta feed

5 Milieu with tenure tracks

6 Like many flights to JFK and LAX: Abbr.

7 “Same here”

8 ___ crest (place for a backpacker’s hip belt)

9 Shade akin to camel

10 Fine writing paper 11 Kindle or Nook 12 Mob figure portrayed by Travolta in 2018 13 “I bid you _ _ _” 14 Dispatches 19 Prepare to be painted, say

23 Out of fashion 25 Spearheaded 27 Wiggle room

29 One attending a parenting class, maybe

31 Bro or sis

32 “_ _ _ we having fun yet?”

34 Barely passing grade

35 Band’s engagement

37 Sign at a takeout counter

38 Fish oil source 39 It jingles on a janitor’s ring

42 Tiny specks 43 Do-nothing state 46 Was given first billing

49 Lungful 51 Bad-tempered and combative 53 Perched upon

54 Cher and Sade, vocally

55 “Come on, seriously?!” 56 Magna _ _ _ 57 Louisiana waterway

58 Locale for gladiators 60 Propelled a galley 61 They’re balanced against possible rewards

64 Figure in fundraising

67 Break off

68 Hart Memorial Trophy awarder, in brief