The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Prefix with directional

5 Border

9 Sort who refuses to answer 13 A sumo wrestler’s is called a

mawashi

15 Catherine of “Schitt’s Creek” 16 Spot remover?

17 Candle holders, sometimes 18 Close

19 Prophetic

21 ___-jongg

23 U.S. locale that, when said

quickly, sounds like a cheer 24 Highway exit sign

25 As seen in chemistry class? 29 Velvet-voiced Mel

31 Word with happy or rush 32 Causing a boom, maybe 36 Pokémon that ultimately

evolves into Alakazam 37 Digital alternative

38 ___ of Citium, philosopher

who founded Stoicism 39 Vulnerable area

41 Keen

42 Monster’s opposite 43 Doctrines

45 ___-term test for divergence

(calculus concept) 47 Improvise on stage

49 San Francisco’s ___ Hill 50 Grammy winner for 1983’s “Flashdance ... What a Feeling”

53 Small flaw

56 Ambulatory aids

57 Manet called him “the painter

of painters” 60 Cousin of an aardwolf 61 Unlikely match

62 ___ noche (tonight: Sp.) 63 Source

64 Its website has a “Fantasy”

page

DOWN

1 Up there, you might say 2 Stock exchange?

3 Close

4 Unable to perform

operations

5 Weisshorn, e.g.

6 Astronomer Thomas for whom

a comet is named

7 Not yet delivered, after “in” 8 Status on a conservationist’s

“Red List”

9 Non-coffee Starbucks

order

10 Germans call it Genfersee 11 Political ___

12 They’re rigged

14 Board game set on an island 15 “It ___ to me ...”

20 Unit equal to 907.2

kilograms 22 Like only one member of the Supreme Court in its history (Sonia Sotomayor) 25 Solvers’ reactions

26 Lead-in to call

27 Browse, say

28 Seek advancement through

flattery

30 Only one-word country that

contains all five vowels 33 Literature’s Napoleon, e.g. 34 Contending

35 Best Picture winner in 2022 40 W.N.B.A. great Weatherspoon 44 Highly exaggerated and

subjective, as journalism 45 Specialization

46 High-chair features

48 Italian nickname that omits

Al

51 “99 Luftballons” singer

52 Big name in fashion footwear 54 Holds gingerly, maybe 55 Underwater forest

58 Charade

59 Kind of garden