The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Italian sauce with meat and tomatoes 5 Person seeking

damages 9 Letter that’s only 25% of the way through the Greek alphabet, surprisingly 13 Cheers for

banderilleros 14 Martial artist/ actor who played the emperor of China in 2020’s “Mulan” 15 Good name for an ophthalmologist 16 “You and I should eat that” 18 Salmon, e.g. 19 Force out 20 Flowering plants associated with the Augusta National golf course

22 Utter

23 Actress Garr 25 Dating app description 26 Kid at a college bar who seems, to me as a bouncer, too young to allow in 32 Palestinian president starting in 2005

34 Place 35 Calendar box 36 Essential point 37 Bill worth

billions

39 When most Geminis are born

40 Spoil

41 Dog breed whose coat resembles dreadlocks 42 Drinks at soda shops 43 Easter item that the woman is going to decorate 47 More, in

Mexico

48 Short johns? 49 Nowhere to be found, informally 52 Risk territory bordering Siberia 56 Sponsored boys at baptisms 58 Desertlike 59 What the couple dressed in lupine costumes said 61 It’s worth zero in baccarat 62 Gets wind of 63 Land whose prime minister is known as the Taoiseach 64 “For Pete’s

___!”

65 Stops waffling 66 Licks, maybe

Down

1 Hats, so to

speak

2 Siri : Apple ::

___ : Amazon 3 Seat of Pennsylvania’s Adams County 4 Losing team in the “Miracle on Ice” hockey game

5 Harsh 6 Shoshonean

language 7 Director

Kazan

8 Little Nabisco

crackers

9 Bag brand 10 Great Lakes

port

11 Mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles 12 Requests 14 Affected by

ennui

17 Most Rwandans and Burundians 21 Member of a support staff

24 Impart, as

values 27 Dodgers might not pay it 28 “Jeopardy!”

impossibility 29 XXX film 30 Speak

hysterically 31 Batiking needs 32 High point 33 Talk big

37 “Tell me if you recognize me from just my voice and the feel of my hands over your eyes” 38 Last word of the Pledge of Allegiance 39 Middle Brady

family daughter 41 Cool, in old

slang

42 Botch 44 Photocopy

flaw

45 Waiters at busy restaurants might be handed them 46 Declares

openly

50 Like helium 51 Sure-footed

pack animals 52 Sure-footed

pack animals 53 Number that’s

often in Italian 54 Sharp twist, as

in a hose 55 Remain fresh 57 Whole bunch 60 Tattletale