The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Gift from Jacob to Joseph, in the Bible 5 Projecting arm of a crane 8 Metropolitan address abbr.

13 Prefix with conservative 14 ___ Tesfaye, real name

of singer The Weeknd 16 Sun deck?

17 Pet- friendly org.

18 They’re usually caught

lying down

19 Hurdles for would- be GPs 20 Bouncer who can always

spot a fake?

23 “Wicked cool!” 24 Cinephile’s channel

25 Fall of Troy escapee 28 Low- scoring soccer win 30 Backstory for TV’s

Magnum?

32 Egyptian protector of

tombs

34 Go ( for)

35 Advice for how the pope

can reach out online? 39 Nick or ding

41 Churchill’s successor

in 1945

42 Statement before

“... and that’s Canada!”? 46 Recruit

50 Hindu protector of the

universe

51 Triage pro, for short 52 French 101 pronoun 53 Certain people prefer their computer specialists to be attractive?

57 Bean harvested

by the Aztecs 59 Churchill’s successor

in 1955

60 Hankering

61 Kazakhstan range

62 It’s nice when it’s forgiven 63 Cold, cold drink 64 Surrealist Max

65 Part of GPS: Abbr. 66 “One From the Heart”

actress, 1982

DOWN

1 Democratic politico

Julián

2 Harry Potter, e. g. 3 Consent ( to)

4 Détente

5 Where cats play?

6 Letter- shaped construction piece

7 “Hold my ___”

( words before a foolish act)

8 Money paid to

get more money 9 Hollywood star whose

birth name is Alfredo 10 Acquire midseason,

as a sports team might 11 What “!” can mean in

computer programming 12 Post- regulation periods,

for short

15 Pitcher Dock Ellis claimed to have used this before throwing a no- hitter in 1970

No. 0718 21 1986 music memoir 22 Lummox

26 Whats next?

27 Canine command 29 Service site for

many a vet

30 Light airs

31 Doubter’s question

33 One looking for a match? 35 Biometric reading

36 What B and C ( but not A)

may represent 37 Starbucks size

38 Long- bodied predator 39 Sister channel of VH1 40 Yellowfin tuna

43 Nautical chart markings 44 Deepest, as feelings 45 Refuse to settle 47 College town located, appropriately, near Ulysses, N. Y. 48 Oklahoma athlete

49 Half- laugh

51 Just make it

54 Showed the way 55 Shakespearean

warning word

56 Bit of kindling

57 “That’s my ___!”

58 Abbr. on a music score