The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Tiny unit of matter 5 Singer Paul with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame 9 Leafy fresh herb in a caprese salad 14 Arrived

15 “_ _ _ mio!” (“My lord!”: Sp.) 16 Tolerate

17 Data sources for Election Day coverage 19 Ringlets 20 “Same here” 21 Accessories that may feature Windsor knots 23 Ships’ records 26 Kid-lit classic “Blueberries for

_ _ _”

27 “And Still I Rise” poet Maya 30 Three-dimensional 35 Fawn’s mother 36 Plead 38 Largest branch of Islam

39 Large props held by contest winners in publicity photos 44 Sticky tree secretion 45 Make a scratch or dent in 46 “Abandon hope, ___ ye who enter here” 47 Mournful, as poetry 50 Anticipate

53 Lady in Progressive ads 54 Nincompoop 55 Late-1950s car stylings designed to look aerodynamic 60 Word with tricks and thrills 64 Opposite of urban 65 D.C. baseball players … or what the ends of 17-, 21-, 39- and 55-Across sound like 68 Make up (for) 69 Ireland, in literature 70 Ideologies 71 Small lakes 72 Like moldy basements and some memes 73 Subdermal lump

DOWN

1 Got 100% on

2 Steer a plane toward the runway 3 Forget to mention 4 Test one’s ___ (be a challenge) 5 Ballyhoo

6 Zip, zero, nada 7 München : Munich :: ___ : Cologne 8 Subject to a tax, as property 9 Strong negative reaction, as from the public 10 Border on 11 Apple’s voice assistant

12 Run in neutral 13 Word sometimes used incorrectly for “fewer” 18 Game with 15 numbered balls 22 Beanie, e.g. 24 Desert on the Silk Road

25 Canal through Egypt 27 Cherish

28 Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” for one 29 Plural that makes one wonder why there aren’t any meese

31 Mon. follower 32 Early Peruvians 33 Joint just above the heel 34 Cotton fabric named for a French city 37 Beauty 40 18-wheeler

41 Nasal sounds from someone with a slight cold

42 Silly

43 Bird that caws 48 Oscar winner Mahershala 49 Duped 51 Puerto ___

52 Of a shared cultural identity 55 Ensnare

56 What you park in a driveway or drive on a parkway 57 Clothes presser 58 Acquire, as a job 59 Singer Bareilles 61 Beginnerish 62 “___ for the poor” 63 Discreet attentiongetter 66 Container for mints

67 Squirt from an octopus