The New York Times Crossword
No. 1214
ACROSS
1 Policy nerd
5 P.F. ___ (restaurant chain)
11 Query
14 Gaelic language
15 Actor Pattinson
16 Actress Farrow
17 Northern European region
19 Cozy lodging
20 Kind of beef from Japan
21 Like the richest soufflé
23 County of Newark, N.J.
26 Oil-drilling structure
27 Feeling of dejection
30 Its flag has a blue 61
Across
34 Lyrical dedication
35 Scare off
37 Play dirty
38 “Star Wars” racing vehicles
40 Flier with a tail
42 Fiona or Shrek
43 Swords with blunted ends
45 Radium discoverer
47 Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop’s avian
mascot)
48 Its flag has a white 61
Across
50 Beguile, to Brits
52 “___ been meaning to mention …”
53 Military helicopters, colloquially
54 2021 Elizabeth Warren book
58 Two kings or two queens, e.g.
60 Chopper
61 Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle’s grid
66 Rapper ___ Wayne 67 Novelist Graham
68 Opera highlight
69 It’s a mess!
70 Was in a state of
suppressed agitation 71 Actor Jon of “Good Omens”
DOWN
1 Director Anderson
2 Tolkien monster
3 Secretive org.
4 Logic puzzle invented by a math teacher as a teaching tool
5 Baby’s bed
6 Refine, as a skill
7 Lawyers’ group, for short 8 Actress Campbell
9 Climber’s belaying device
10 Job for a play director
11 Female friend in France
12 Gluttony and lust, for two
13 Philosopher Immanuel
18 Outed maliciously online
22 Home with a northern exposure
23 Got married in Vegas, perhaps
24 “That’s awesome!” 25 Its flag has a yellow 61
Across
28 Little bit of time
29 Soup starter
30 “___ Jacques, dormezvous?”
31 Popular vote winner of 2000
32 Its flag has a blue-and-white
61-Across
33 Lingers (on)
36 Second-tallest bird on earth
39 Penultimate matches
41 10th anniversary gift
44 Nest egg
46 Set of moral principles
49 Vacation destination
51 “Yay!”
54 Friends
55 Sign at a highway cloverleaf
56 Depend (on)
57 See
58-Down
58 With
57-Down, car air freshener shape
59 Got an A on
62 Drops on the grass?
63 Hour, in Italy
64 Virtual citizen in a popular video game franchise 65 Symbolic U.S. “uncle”