NY Times Puzzle No. 0216
ACROSS
1 Sound before a toast5 Grin and bare it! 9 Dorm V.I.P.s 12 Spanish term of endearment 14 Actor Sharif 15 Next-generation releases? 16 Turkish city that lends its name to a species of rabbit, cat and goat 17 Dramatic honor 18 Start of X-X-X 19 Cousin ___ (“Succession” character) 20 Lead-in to care 22 Last model in iPod’s product line 24 Speck 25 Aid in self-defense 26 Musical with the song “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” 27 Sound of contentment 28 Industry bigwig 29 Exchange words? 30 Expatriate 32 Female whales 35 Nonbasic characteristic36 Vehicle with a pedal assist mode 38 Flat, for short 39 Letter-shaped gasket 41 Sketchy stranger, in slang 44 Juillet to juillet, e.g. 47 Hunk 49 “___ From the Bridge” (Arthur Miller play) 50 ___ honor 51 Pod producer 52 Multihued bird 53 It might give you the chills 54 Singer known as the “Queen of New Age” 55 Highway no. 56 Scepter toppers59 Treasure 61 Kind of milk 62 Put on 63 Pressure 64 Like sauvignon blanc 65 Workplaces for some essential workers, in brief 66 Unit of corn
DOWN
1 Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle 2 GIF, e.g. 3 Common conjunction 4 Ones who don’t want to hear that you’re laying down on the job? 5 Easter egg making supply6 Restaurant critic’s concern 7 Cry of triumph after a good performance 8 Director Gerwig 9 Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed 10 “Levels” 2011 D.J., 11 Scented pouch 12 Underground rock?13 Bit of progress 21 Event first observed in 1970 23 A daredevil may hit the slopes with it 28 Band with the 1982 hit “I Want Candy” 31 Joint stockholders? 33 Certain woodwind requirement 34 Certain money transaction 37 Henry Ford or Nikola Tesla 40 Emphatic affirmative 41 Cannon loader 42 Blockbuster of 2009 43 Hot towel before a meal, say 45 Snap, crackle and pop 46 Alternative to wind or solar 48 Lights up 51 Brilliant fish 57 Sturgeon delicacy 58 [It’s f-ffreezing!] 60 Seek damages from
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