The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 Animal symbol of fertility in
ancient Egypt
5 Locale for a salmon ladder
8 Lillian ___, the First Lady of American Cinema
12 Top pork producer in the U.S.
13 Twine material
15 ___ buco
16 Acronym for some academic grants
17 Syrup source
18 TV host with a “Garage”
19 Grotesque
21 Portable work surface
23 Ailurophiles
25 Accouchement
28 Mary whose short story “The Wisdom of Eve” was the basis for 1950’s “All About Eve”
29 Modern pic
33 Publishing IDs
34 “___ Flair Drip” (2018 rap hit)
35 Colorado’s ___ Park
36 “Me day” destinations
37 Whence the Portuguese creole language Patuá
39 Old man
40 Newly elected California
congresswoman of 1987
42 Like wine with cheese, often
44 Chase vehicle, once, in brief?
45 Fox Islands resident
49 Mauna ___
50 Places for quills
52 Waves to a hairdresser?
55 Accessories for tablets
56 Historical lead-in to -evna or -evich
60 Cheyenne allies
62 GQ competitor
64 Snapper?
65 Sight from New York City’s Riverside Park
66 Flower holder
67 Words to the audience
DOWN
1 With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle’s groups of circles represents
2 Side order with curry
3 Was in the red
4 Xbox or PlayStation
5 Group migration
6 Relative of an adder
7 One of las Islas Baleares
8 Finishing touch on the first transcontinental railroad
9 “Gotcha”
10 Info on tax forms
11 See 1-Down
13 Crude content
14 Vault
20 Sticks in the water
22 French for “bent”
24 Guitarist Clapton
25 “Frontal” or “lateral” speaking features 26 White-barked tree
27 Hoops
30 Austere
31 Home with a hole at the top
32 Carne ___
37 Drink that might be served with a metal cup
38 Vedic religious text
41 ___ Jose
43 “Your point being …?”
46 Regarding
47 Part of a hog farm
48 Trendy ingredient in a healthy smoothie
50 Push forward
51 Features of some leather jackets
52 “Super” orgs.
53 Part of Q.E.D.
54 Sita’s love, in Hindu lore
57 Enthusiastic Spanish assent
58 Sports star who split with J.Lo in 2021
59 Actor Auberjonois
61 Synagogue feature
63 Sine ___ non