The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Cry from a card holder 4 ___ Kelly, Democratic governor of Kansas starting in 2019

9 Yoga pose

14 World view?

15 Putin ally in the Mideast 16 “Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus),” for one 17 -able

19 Nickname for an instructor 20 Singer Turner’s memoir 21 Alley sight 23 Actress/singer Kravitz 24 Frost formed from fog

25 Big nos. 29 Connecticut collegian 30 Group HQ’d in Ramallah 31 Added some color to

32 Late 1970s

35 Show that Betty White hosted at age 88, informally 36 Op-ed

39 Tear

40 Trick to increase one’s efficiency, in modern lingo 43 “That one’s on me” 47 Sailor

48 Bond or bind

49 Mil. post, say

51 Soul singer Gray

52 Bit of reproach

53 Updo hairstyle

54 NBC drama that won 15 Emmys

55 Tree that’s one of Athena’s symbols

58 Method of communication needed to understand 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across 61 Target

62 Hybrid fruit

63 ___ in Nancy 64 Figures in academia 65 Unlikely Christmas gifts in tropical areas

66 Is written in old Rome?

DOWN

1 Worked from home, say 2 Sea creatures that move by jet propulsion

3 “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” outlook 4 Singer ___ Del Rey 5 Grateful?

6 Tour letters 7 “Invisible Man” author Ellison 8 Berries, for breakfast cereal, e.g.

9 Intriguing discovery in a cave 10 Date 11 Second-largest private employer in the U.S., after Walmart

12 Cartoonist Hollander

13 Log splitter

18 Prime factor

22 “Up to this point, no” 25 Where to get a polysomnogram

26 ___ Crawley, countess on “Downton Abbey” 27 More off-the-wall 28 Nada

30 Talking point

33 It might be shot on a winding seaside road

34 Part of the knee, for short

37 Shere who wrote “Sexual Honesty: By Women for Women”

38 Eschew dinner company 41 Large, noisy insects 42 Route 1 terminus 43 “The Wind in the Willows” character

44 “That’s not true!” 45 Daughter of Muhammad 46 One-ups

50 Small hill

51 Big ___

54 Gives permission to 56 Camper, e.g.

57 H.S. exam org. 59 Regret

60 Cover some ground