NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Start of an encrypted web address
6 “Go” follower
10 Hit the ___
14 “Color me
surprised!”
16 Everybody: Ger. 17 Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael?
19 Contractor’s fig. 20 ___ Beach, Calif. 21 Following
22 More treasured 24 Counterpart of
down: Abbr.
25 Polishing the chandelier in “The Phantom of the Opera” and laundering uniforms in “Hamilton”?
32 Procrastinator’s
promise
34 Port-___
(French cheese)
35 Like some nail
polish shades 36 Day following hump day: Abbr.
37 “The Entertainer,” e.g.
38 Trace
39 “___ 2 Proud 2
Beg” (TLC hit) 41 Professor Moriarty’s first name
43 Exchange for a
tenner
44 Result of a poorly planned invasion of the Body Snatchers? 47 “Let’s ___!”
48 Biological cavity 51 Roll-on
alternative
54 Tuned in
57 Grp. with wands 58 “I’m tired
of all this negative media coverage”?
61 Legendary queen once depicted on Tunisian currency
62 Consumers of audio and visual media only
63 Snail-like
64 Comedian
Richter
65 Tessellated creatures in Escher prints
DOWN
1 Brought on
2 “___ days …”
3 Equivalent
4 Reason to avert one’s eyes, for short
5 Marsh birds
6 X in XXX,
maybe
7 Name that derives from the Hebrew word for
“earth”
8 First female
U.S. attorney general
9 X in XXX,
maybe
10 Most expensive spice in the world by weight 11 Frequently
12 Tip-off 13 Model Miranda 15 God depicted wearing ostrich feathers
18 Per
23 Be a political
candidate
24 ___ Up, political group formed in response to the AIDS crisis
26 A little over
three grains
27 Big name in
rental cars
28 One- or twoperson vehicles in the Olympics 29 Source of latex 30 Actress Falco
31 Hardens
32 Ending of seven
country names 33 River that starts
in Pittsburgh
40 Finish some gift-wrapping, say
41 Word before
black or Blue
42 Meager
43 “The only way to run away without leaving home,” per Twyla Tharp
45 Rudolph on
“S.N.L.”
46 Carry-on limit,
often
49 App’s audience 50 En ___
51 Quality control guidelines: Abbr.
52 Hartman who voiced Troy Mcclure on “The Simpsons” 53 Take two
54 Unknown source, for short
55 Make, as one’s
way
56 Out of whack
59 It’s stranded in
a cell
60 Bobbie
Gentry’s “___ to Billie Joe”