The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Sound before a toast
5 Grin and bare it!
9 Dorm V.I.P.s
12 Spanish term of endearment 14 Actor Sharif 15 Next-generation releases? 16 Turkish city that lends its name to a species of rabbit, cat and goat
17 Dramatic honor
18 Start of X-X-X
19 Cousin ___ (“Succession”
character)
20 Lead-in to care
22 Last model in iPod’s product
line
24 Speck
25 Aid in self-defense 26 Musical with the song “It’s
the Hard-Knock Life” 27 Sound of contentment 28 Industry bigwig
29 Exchange words? 30 Expatriate
32 Female whales
35 Nonbasic characteristic 36 Vehicle with a pedal assist
mode
38 Flat, for short 39 Letter-shaped gasket 41 Sketchy stranger, in slang 44 Juillet to juillet, e.g.
47 Hunk
49 “___ From the Bridge”
(Arthur Miller play)
50 ___ honor
51 Pod producer
52 Multihued bird 53 It might give you the chills 54 Singer known as the “Queen
of New Age”
55 Highway no.
56 Scepter toppers
59 Treasure
61 Kind of milk
62 Put on
63 Pressure
64 Like sauvignon blanc 65 Workplaces for some
essential workers, in brief 66 Unit of corn
DOWN
1 Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle
2 GIF, e.g.
3 Common conjunction
4 Ones who don’t want to hear that you’re laying down on the job?
5 Easter egg-making supply 6 Restaurant critic’s concern 7 Cry of triumph after a good
performance
8 Director Gerwig 9 Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed
10 “Levels” D.J., 2011 11 Scented pouch 12 Underground rock?
13 Bit of progress
21 Event first observed in 1970 23 A daredevil may hit the
slopes with it
28 Band with the 1982 hit “I
Want Candy”
31 Joint stockholders? 33 Certain woodwind
requirement
34 Certain money transaction 37 Henry Ford or Nikola Tesla 40 Emphatic affirmative 41 Cannon loader 42 Blockbuster of 2009
43 Hot towel before a meal, say 45 Snap, crackle and pop 46 Alternative to wind or solar 48 Lights up
51 Brilliant fish
57 Sturgeon delicacy
58 [It’s f-f-freezing!]
60 Seek damages from