NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Taradiddle 4 Russian country house

9 Swiss bread

14 Nail

15 Out and ___

16 Out now, in a way 17 “___ Crossroads” (Bone Thugs-nharmony hit that got a Grammy) 18 They’re swaddled and coddled 20 Regain, as affection 22 Like games decided by buzzer beaters 23 Contests

25 City stray

29 One of a pair that often goes missing 30 Run out of Time? 32 Spot for an icicle 33 Birds with S-shaped necks 35 Male actor with the most Primetime Emmys (7)

36 Org. for drivers 38 & 39 Classic sports video game … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle

41 Something to take on a date?

42 Retired pugilist Ali 44 Gave a bit of lip? 46 Folklore fiend

47 14 pounds, in England

49 All alternative 52 Stamp collector? 54 Not forget 56 Devout

BABY BLUES

BALDO

B.C.

BEETLE BAILEY

BLONDIE

DUSTIN 57 Some measures championed by the March for Our Lives movement 58 Co-founder of the women’s rights newspaper The Revolution

63 Still making cartoons?

64 Bad way to run 65 Supercharge 66 Divisions of a krone 67 “___ thank me later” 68 Tour of duty 69 Country that uses the krone: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Mufti’s decrees 2 All-time singleseason hits leader in M.L.B. history (262)

3 Seats that sink 4 Counterpart of “Bitte”

5 Tony Shalhoub’s character on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

6 Lower?

7 Where some car logos appear 8 Lagoon encirclers 9 Beliebers or the Beyhive, for instance

10 Some Outback entrees

11 Shapiro of “All Things Considered” 12 Michelle Obama ___ Robinson

13 Stack on a rack, maybe 19 Part

21 Garden item that can be brined, informally 24 Annoying

roommate, maybe 26 Eggs Benedict

component

27 State

28 Word with paper or

limit

31 Actress de Armas

of “Knives Out” 34 Subj. in

biochemistry

35 Qty.

36 When repeated, start of an old antacid slogan 37 Very enthusiastic 39 Georgia senator

Ossoff

40 Violinist Leopold 43 Electric guitar

pioneer

44 Random criticism 45 Words immediately after Casca cries “Speak, hands, for me!”

47 Any day now 48 Tough pills to

swallow, at times 50 Bread

51 Eve of

“The Vagina Monologues” 53 Bumper-to-bumper

activity?

55 Origin of water

clock technology 58 For instance 59 Space oddity 60 Not worth a ___ 61 Nail polish brand 62 “Sister of God”