The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Bird’s sound
6 Lion’s sound
10 Dog’s sound
14 Recovers
15 The “A” in A.D.
16 “I wish I had more thumbs to put up!,” e.g.
17 Diplomat
18 Tamagotchis are digital ones
19 “Don’t overdo it”
20 Region in South America that’s technically part of Europe
23 Malia, to Sasha Obama, for short
24 “Next time someone tells Bronx girls to take off their ___, they can just say they’re dressing like a congresswoman”: A.O.C.
25 Saharan vipers
28 Hang in the balance
29 Southeast Asian noodle dish invented in a nationalist recipe contest
32 Stayed in neutral
35 Greek city renowned for its olives
36 Brown University’s mascot Bruno, for one
37 Be cheap, say
39 “Really, though?”
40 African country with its own
13-month calendar
42 TV producer Chaiken
43 Loses one’s temper
44 Refuse to proceed
46 Costa ___
47 Unappetizing drink
49 Utmost
52 Word sounded out by the ends of 20-, 35- and 40-Across
55 “So much for that!”
58 “This register’s now open!” 59 Amy of “Arrival”
60 Burn soother
61 It’s bent while genuflecting
62 Hold off from publishing, as a scoop
63 Snake’s sound
64 Cat’s sound
65 Pig’s sound
DOWN
1 Ones who will give you a mouthful?
2 Painter Matisse
3 Pronounced features of American Craftsman-style houses
4 Musk of new cars?
5 Pumped
6 Eminem song with a Guinness world record for “most words in a hit single” (1,560 in six minutes)
7 Extra life, in video games
8 Like some email filters
9 Activist Parks
10 Liquid that may be pumped
11 Small battery
12 Some music festival lodgings
13 Shift or Enter
21 Sweetie 22 “De ___” (“You’re welcome,” in Spanish)
26 Terrible twos, e.g.
27 Lustrous fabric
28 They help you see at sea
30 Mont Blanc, e.g.
31 “Must be something ___”
32 “___ of you!”
33 Dissuade
34 “Chicago Hope” actress Christine
35 Car company whose name roughly translates to “rising out of Asia”
37 There’s the rub!
38 It might be printed on a placemat
41 Arab nation that’s a top exporter of gypsum
42 “None for me, thanks”
44 Like grapefruit or arugula
45 Teléfono greeting
48 Salon specialist
49 “Swell!”
50 Island shared by two countries
51 “It ___ sunk in yet”
53 Peeling potatoes, perhaps
54 Thor’s father
55 Half a trombone sound
56 Horror director Roth
57 Part of L.A.