The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 Something a student may cut 6 Doesn’t bother 12 Team V.I.P.S 15 Author of “The Eagle and the Fox” and “The Fox and the Lion” 16 Where to watch the Lightning and Hurricanes 17 Porridge grain 18 Region that spans about 8% of the earth’s land area [Arabic] 20 Attempt 21 Rodin sculpture featuring a couple whose lips don’t quite touch 22 “My Gal ___” 23 Fencing option 24 Addams family cousin 25 Body of water bordering Nevada and California [Washoe] 27 Actor Mcgregor 30 Biological molecule 32 Days past 33 Shakespearean fairy queen 34 Playground retort 37 Electricity bill datum 40 Landmark on which most U.S. radio stations base the starts of their call signs, with “W” on the east and “K” on the west [Algonquin] 43 Together (with) 44 Clay targets, informally 45 Official language of Ghana: Abbr. 46 Certain mattress material 48 Commonly torn band, for short 49 Excited about 50 Nation that shares an island with part of Indonesia [Indonesian] 54 Fall behind 56 Takes home 57 Governor Desantis 58 Commercial spaces in an app 62 “Mud” 63 Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-à-vis the bracketed languages 65 Undivided 66 Look away from 67 Wombs 68 Big fashion inits. 69 Some downtown street liners 70 Start over DOWN 1 Dramatis personae portrayers 2 Actress and documentarian Remini 3 Arthur of the court 4 Be absorbed, as a marinade 5 Pole that extends a sail 6 Fellows 7 Prior to, in poetry 8 ___ Virtue, threetime world ice dancing champion 9 Sly sort 10 Grain in some hearty soup 11 Is French? 12 What all good children do, in a nursery rhyme 13 Penguins great Lemieux 14 Do, as hair 19 First MLB team to use artificial turf in its stadium 23 Persian language 25 Eye-opening experience? 26 They might be guided 27 ___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open women’s tennis champion 28 Cry out 29 What some workout videos promise 31 Loch ___ 34 Investigate persistently 35 Ape’s weapon in “Planet of the Apes” 36 International oil grp. 38 Fellow 39 Therefore 41 Little brats 42 “That’s sufficient, I guess” 47 It’s just an illusion 49 Take a lighter to 50 “Have fun!” 51 Long, long times 52 Get on 53 How ballerinas often perform 55 Fortune tell 58 Some pub brews 59 Freezes (over) 60 Scale button 61 Thin cut 63 Cook with a long history at Apple 64 Bobby of Bruins lore