The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Beverage that may come with a bag
4 Gulf nation
8 Noisy drinker’s sound
13 Dada artist Jean
14 “Warrior princess” of old TV
15 Capital of Vietnam
16 Poets + 10=Serves drinks
18 Relating to living things
19 Kazakhs and Uzbeks, e.g.
20 Stratford-upon-___
22 First U.S. state alphabetically: Abbr.
23 Religious offshoot
24 They may share a tartan
25 Gear rented at a mountain
26 Country with the longest border along the Adriatic Sea
29 Growths on rocks and bark
31 German sunrise direction
32 Mailing label abbr.
34 Actress Lupita
35 Small amphibian + 7= Story worth covering
37 Garden pavilion
40 Javier Bardem’s role in
2021’s “Being the Ricardos”
41 Make a faux pas
44 Staffers listed on a masthead
46 One on the lam
48 Google ___
49 Lock lips
51 Pub serving
52 World finance org.
53 Parent company of Facebook
54 Court entertainer
56 Got exactly
58 Phase + 1 = Ancient period
60 Family member via marriage
61 Round of applause
62 ___-brained (not smart)
63 Landing spots?
64 Graph line
65 Prez after F.D.R.
DOWN
1 Hot sauce brand
2 Whiteboard cleaners
3 Jam flavor
4 Plow pullers
5 ___ Wearhouse (clothing chain)
6 & 7 Like a twangy voice
8 Part of the leg below the knee
9 Language spoken west of
15-Across
10 Free, as a seat
11 Making turbulent
12 “Guernica” painter
17 British “bye-bye”
18 Supervisor +9= Quality that makes a fish hard to eat
21 Kilmer who played Batman
24 Revered animals in ancient Egypt
25 Kaput
27 Karate-like exercise program
28 Annoyed +2=“Success !”
30 Jaded person
33 Actor Beatty
35 Makes after expenses
36 Vivaldi duet?
37 Many births in late spring, astrologically
38 Firm in one’s stance
39 Email attachment with compressed content
41 Words written in marble
42 Pulls out of a deal
43 Pull back
45 “Pull up a chair!”
47 Basilica recess
50 Younger Obama daughter
53 Kittens’ cries
54 Mitchell whose “Blue” was named #1 on NPR’s “150 Greatest Albums Made by Women” list
55 Codas
57 Napkin’s place
59 Civic duty, of a sort