The New York Times Crossword

No. 1215

ACROSS

1 Yard, nautically

5 Desire for a ski jumper

13 ___ blue dot (Earth, in a

famous photograph) 14 “Knock it off!,” in question

form

15 Since

16 Classic airplane snack 17 General term in a series 18 Number in a count 19 Change, as a lock

20 One in a million, so to speak 22 Journalism inits. since 1851 23 One way to travel the world 24 Lines from a rapper, in slang 26 Milk option

29 Earth-based pigment

30 Likely hyperbole from a texter 32 Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball

34 What one might look at the

night sky with

38 ___ Lingus

39 Badge holder

40 Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation

41 “Woo-hoo!,” in online shorthand

43 Pronoun functioning as an

object (not a subject!) 45 “Give me five!”

46 Half full?

48 “Dig in, everyone”

50 Tropical vine

53 Work from, as a desk 54 Purple ___, Hawaiian crop 56 Bookie?

58 ___ bottles (popular gummy

candy) 59 Bad press, say

60 Event at high noon 61 Occasion to recite the Pledge

of Allegiance

62 Button usually held down by

a pinkie

DOWN

1 Word after life or C

2 One whose work might be a

piece of cake?

3 Bit of attire seldom worn with

a jacket

4 One you might beseech to

get glasses

5 Term for an overly commercialized celebration

6 At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth

7 Bill concerned with science

communication

8 Become barren

9 Synchronize with

10 Arctic native

11 Speck

12 Handmade goods site

14 One on the Israelites’ journey

to the Promised Land 16 Lose tautness

18 What stubbles may become 21 Lurch

22 Warning letters with a Reddit

link

23 ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played

25 Canapé topper

27 “Don’t even think of coming

back!”

28 Nephalist

31 Part of a biblical plague 33 Trick question, e.g. 35 Housework?

36 There or thereabouts 37 2022 Jordan Peele film 42 Actress Malick

44 Hands (out)

47 West Coast N.F.L.’er 49 Damage the reputation of 50 Tibetan title

51 Experimental composer

Charles

52 Supports

53 Set ___

55 Common place to see Santa 57 Fade away

58 Public health org.