The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Kit Kat component
6 Heal (over)
10 “Ruler,” in Quechua
14 Words before “darned” 15 What ice cream and hearts
may do
16 Transport up a bunny hill 17 Investigative journalist and civil rights pioneer who cofounded the N.A.A.C.P. 19 Some bunts, in brief 20 Exhaust
21 Boiling sensation 22 California’s “Eureka,” for one 23 Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
28 Language in which “eleven” is
“once”
30 One way to crack
31 Holiday pie flavor 32 Automated tweeter
33 Ribs serving
37 “___ away!”
38 W.W. II-era campaign that helped usher in the civil rights movement … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle 42 Letter after phi
43 Make a pit stop at a punk
show?
45 Bodybuilding supplement co. 46 Interrupt, as at a dance 48 Rank above a viscount 50 Road flare, e.g.
52 African American who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for valorous service in W.W. II
56 “Star Wars” beeper, informally 57 Nest egg inits.
58 Transcript stat 61 When repeated, a sport fish 62 Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard 66 Manipulates
67 Whimper
68 Waze way
69 Trimester, e.g.
70 ___-bitsy
71 Many, informally
DOWN
1 Consoles whose controllers
have wrist straps 2 Hawkeye’s player on
“M*A*S*H”
3 Griddle goodies
4 Beach retreat?
5 Give juice to
6 Enemy org. in Bond novels 7 Big name
8 “That’s ___ she wrote” 9 K-pop megastars
10 “We’re through!”
11 Where to see Timberwolves
battle Grizzlies
12 Mojave flora
13 Crime of combustion 18 Competes (for)
22 G.P.s, e.g. 24 Actress de Armas
25 Yours might be made up 26 Off-base, in a way
27 Lo-cal, perhaps
28 ___ folder
29 Durango dough
32 Original “Fleabag” airer 34 Throwing a tantrum, say 35 Facial feature that many characters on “The Simpsons” lack 36 “___ me!” (checkers cry) 39 Fairy tale baddie
40 Silver State sch.
41 Bygone home theater
components
44 Selfless courage
47 Popular card game
49 In the past
50 Like a songbird
51 Hardly any
52 Full spectrum
53 Clear the board
54 ___ half (partner)
55 Peak perks
59 The stones in stone fruits 60 On the briny
62 Keydets’ sch.
63 Screen, as a candidate 64 “www” address
65 Cry that might make you jump