NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Policy nerd
5 P.F. ___ (restaurant chain)
11 Query
14 Gaelic language 15 Actor Pattinson 16 Actress Farrow 17 Northern European region
19 Cozy lodging 20 Kind of beef from Japan
21 Like the richest soufflé
23 County of Newark, N.J.
26 Oil-drilling structure 27 Feeling of dejection 30 Its flag has a blue 61-Across
34 Lyrical dedication 35 Scare off
37 Play dirty
38 “Star Wars” racing vehicles
40 Flier with a tail 42 Fiona or Shrek 43 Swords with blunted ends 45 Radium discoverer 47 Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop’s avian mascot)
48 Its flag has a white 61-Across 50 Beguile, to Brits 52 “___ been meaning to mention …” 53 Military helicopters, colloquially
54 2021 Elizabeth Warren book 58 Two kings or two queens, e.g. 60 Chopper
61 Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle’s grid 66 Rapper ___ Wayne 67 Novelist Graham 68 Opera highlight 69 It’s a mess!
70 Was in a state of suppressed agitation
71 Actor Jon of “Good Omens”
DOWN
1 Director Anderson 2 Tolkien monster 3 Secretive org. 4 Logic puzzle invented by a math teacher as a teaching tool 5 Baby’s bed 6 Refine, as a skill 7 Lawyers’ group, for short
8 Actress Campbell 9 Climber’s belaying device
10 Job for a play director
11 Female friend in France
12 Gluttony and lust, for two 13 Philosopher Immanuel
18 Outed maliciously online
22 Home with a northern exposure
23 Got married in Vegas, perhaps 24 “That’s awesome!” 25 Its flag has a yellow
61-Across
28 Little bit of time
29 Soup starter
30 “___ Jacques,
dormez-vous?” 31 Popular vote winner
of 2000
32 Its flag has a blueand-white 61-Across
33 Lingers (on) 36 Second-tallest bird
on earth 39 Penultimate
matches
41 10th anniversary
gift
44 Nest egg
46 Set of moral
principles 49 Vacation
destination
51 “Yay!”
54 Friends
55 Sign at a highway
cloverleaf 56 Depend (on)
57 See 58-Down 58 With 57-Down, car
air freshener shape 59 Got an A on
62 Drops on the grass? 63 Hour, in Italy 64 Virtual citizen in a popular video game franchise 65 Symbolic U.S.
“uncle”