The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Recede

4 Submit, as homework 10 “Yeah ... I don’t think so” 14 Gymnast Suni of Team U.S.A. 15 Plaza resident of fiction 16 What some flakes are made

of

17 59-Across from someone

who’s paying?

19 Thus

20 Feature of Jupiter’s moon

Europa

21 Apple field worker? 23 Acronymic title for a

legendary athlete 26 23-Across, in boxing 27 Purchase

30 59-Across from an anxious

caller?

33 Sound of intrigue 34 Thoroughly enjoy

35 59-Across from a frustrated

parent?

41 “I’m ___ of you” (Valentine’s Day message for a plant lover?)

42 Mole that should definitely

be removed?

43 59-Across from a carpooler? 50 Record label for H.E.R. and

SZA

51 Letters of amusement 52 Erstwhile

54 Tons o’

56 Singing rodent of cartoondom 57 Bridges in film

59 “Come here often?,” e.g. … or a hint to 17-, 30-, 35- and 43-Across

63 “Frozen” snowman 64 It might include a plus one 65 Feminist assn. since 1966 66 Storage containers

67 Like matryoshka dolls 68 Speech fillers

DOWN

1 Poet who wrote “April is the

cruellest month”

2 “You ___!” (informal

affirmative)

3 Appear in public

4 “Whoa, take it easy!”

5 Prefix with rock or country 6 Neither’s partner

7 Game piece with multiple

faces

8 Name meaning “God is

salvation”

9 Annoy

10 Cab alternative

11 1983 hit song that begins

with “Domo arigato”

12 Prod, and then some 13 Famous bed-in participant 18 They have issues, in brief 22 Certain itinerant musician 24 “___ Flux” (1990s animated

sci-fi series)

25 Setting for the “Iliad” 28 “E pluribus ___” 29 Informal affirmative 31 Ones being pointed

to at a distance

32 Good, in Chinese 35 Certain slip-on shoe 36 Die-hard follower 37 Ambient musician Brian 38 Grown-up

39 Topknot, for one 40 Reynolds of “Deadpool” 41 N.Y.C. drive, with “the” 44 Straight-up

45 Five-time Olympic sprinting gold medalist ___ Thompson-Herah 46 Harvested

47 “___ be OK”

48 Heavenly

49 Key of Tchaikovsky’s

Symphony No. 5

53 Celeb gossip show 55 Exterminates

57 Word with snow or day 58 QB Manning

60 Drugstore chain known for

long receipts

61 Baby fox

62 Great Basin tribe