The New York Times Crossword

No. 1214

ACROSS

1 Semiliquid stuff

5 South Asian

9 Darling

14 Prefix with science

15 The ugly duckling’s mother 16 Site of a W.W. I battle that

saved Paris from capture 17 Chili ingredients

19 Pass

20 Drink with foam

21 Only country with a

nonrectangular flag

23 Greek letter used to represent

magnetic flux

24 Painting by van Gogh during

his time in an asylum

26 Three wise men

28 Part of a newborn’s schedule 29 Affirmative vote

31 Giving a hand?

32 A lot

34 “A Man Called ___” (Tom

Hanks film)

35 Oft-used phrase during Zoom meetings … or the reason for the mis-understandings at 17-, 26-, 50- and 60Across?

39 Laptop brand

41 “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful”

42 Vehicle at the center of the

Hindu festival Ratha Yatra 46 “The Marvelous ___ Maisel” 47 Health legislation of 2010, in

brief

50 Note after la

52 Discolor from age 54 “Groovy!”

55 Snoops around 57 Indian tonal drum 58 Battery terminal 60 Predatory freshwater fish 62 Parking spot at a bar? 63 Hydrox competitor 64 Combo meal choice 65 Carvings named for the first

man in Maori mythology 66 Beginning

67 GPS’s guesses

DOWN

1 Frightening Halloween

costume

2 Pro golfer Mark

3 How detectives might start

their investigation

4 Ice cream units

5 “Spring forward” hrs.

6 Brother of Logan Roy on

“Succession”

7 Setting of “The Crucible” 8 Stamping need

9 Aviator Earhart

10 Grandma, to Brits

11 The lead in pencils, actually 12 Charm

13 First Disney song to reach the top 5 on Billboard in the 21st century 18 “Bye!”

22 Dating app info

25 Scorch the surface of 27 Features of spoiled milk 30 Ending with Power

32 Peter who was the first actor

to play a Bond villain

33 A call for help

35 Collection of senior

moments?

36 ___ de plume

37 Notable lamb owner 38 Knocks over

39 “Don’t wait!,” in ads

40 Wine from Tuscany

43 Urges to action

44 Necessity for some Venetian

transport

45 Yoga position on one’s head

and hands

47 Even though

48 Rum cocktail

49 Comes to

51 Actress Knightley

53 Memory glitch

56 Twist

59 “___ want to know?” 61 Long, long time