The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “We choose to go to the

moon” speaker, for short 4 Collection awaiting analysis 11 Childhood vaccine combo 14 Will be present? 15 Amorphous, in a way 16 Singer Carly ___ Jepsen 17 Six-time Dodgers All-Star Ron 18 Ceramic iron compound

that’s nonconductive 19 Usher’s offering

20 Auntie Em and Uncle Henry,

for two

22 Dry cleaner

24 “I already said I would!” 25 Battle of the ___

27 2009 Beyoncé hit containing

the lyric “I got my angel now” 28 Be accepted by one’s peers 30 Head of House Stark on

“Game of Thrones”

31 Critic, in modern lingo 32 Predatory relatives of coral 34 Truffle hunting option 35 Some smartphones

36 Bit

37 One isn’t good for cellphone

service

38 Geom. figure

39 Pomeranian, for one

41 Send out again 43 Refinement

44 Ford or Lincoln

45 Muscly

46 Old movie unit

47 “Shut up!” 49 ___ v. Alston (landmark 2021 Supreme Court antitrust decision)

50 Takes the throne, say 52 Actress Angela of “Malcolm X” 54 Play-___

55 Style moderne

57 Cause of some headscratching

58 Suffix in linguistics

59 Star that’s actually three stars 60 Phillipa ___, original Eliza in

“Hamilton”

61 French possessive 62 Professor ___

63 One backward musician?

DOWN

1 Certain multitasker? 2 Amazeballs

3 Conference highlights 4 Tennis’s Nadal, informally 5 Good faith agreements? 6 Went downhill

7 German article

8 Accepted without objection

9 “___ Andronicus”

10 Nails

11 Freedom for a screenwriter,

say

12 Failing a drug test or leaving

the state, maybe

13 Erasable ink?

21 Go through lightly 23 Trumpeter Jones

26 Kisses, symbolically

29 Taboo

31 Biblical peak

33 Badger or hound

34 Wander

37 Thiamine deficiency disease 40 Hollow

41 Took off

42 “Queen of denial” and “knight

and day”

44 Make a certain chess move 47 Obsolescent PC insert 48 Implied

51 Resting spot for some buns 53 Slammin’ Sammy

56 Give: Sp.