NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Certain “figure” made in skating 6 Closes
11 Lawyer’s org.
14 Diving gear
15 Grannies
16 “___ out!” (ump’s call) 17 Disinfectant brand
18 Plane passenger’s preference, perhaps
20 Mutt
22 Birthday dessert 23 Beachside hut 26 Skeptical sort 28 Cereal in a party mix 29 Scottish Highlander
31 Kind of board at a nail salon 32 Took a load off 33 Sentry’s “Stop right there!” 34 Yodeler’s mountain
35 With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle
37 See 35-Across 40 Id’s counterpart 41 They “don’t lie,” per Shakira 42 Squeak stopper 44 Jordanian port city
47 Part of a superhero’s costume
48 Coke or Pepsi 49 Just outside a city
51 Not digital, as a clock
53 Music genre akin to rhythm and blues
54 Puts up with 56 “You both swiped right!,” on Tinder
58 Ship that sailed with the Niña and the Santa Maria 62 Understand
63 Like residents of Havana
64 Diarist Nin 65 Gridiron scores, for short
66 In ___ (not yet born)
67 Runs with long, bounding strides
DOWN
1 Night sch. class 2 Like roads in need of salting 3 “Gloomy” guy 4 Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023
5 Raptor’s claw 6 Minor holdup 7 Headwear in a cafeteria kitchen
8 Open, as classified records
9 Add (up) 10 Opposite of NNW
11 “Yes, captain!” 12 Chemistry lab container 13 It comes from the heart 19 Garlicky shrimp dish
21 1998 Winter Olympics host 23 Loops in, on an email
24 Moby Dick’s pursuer
25 Letter after alpha
27 Opposite of buys
30 In the manner of
33 “Horrible” Viking of comics
34 Seem (to be) 36 Cloud in outer space
37 Tiny drink 38 Gimlet or screwdriver
39 Farm storage building
41 Small vehicle on a railroad track 43 Dawdle
44 Help
45 Recited, as a line of poetry 46 Takes advantage of badly
47 “No way!”
48 Many a Vegas establishment 50 Real gem 52 Country on the south side of Mount Everest 55 “Well … I’ll pass”
57 Film franchise that includes “The Avengers,” “Thor” and
“Iron Man,” in brief
59 Midday rest 60 Knot, as shoelaces 61 Kick-___ (awesome)