NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Kit Kat component 6 Heal (over) 10 “Ruler,” in Quechua 14 Words before “darned”

15 What ice cream and hearts may do 16 Transport up a bunny hill 17 Investigative journalist and civil rights pioneer who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P.

19 Some bunts, in brief 20 Exhaust

21 Boiling sensation 22 California’s “Eureka,” for one 23 Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote “Go Tell It on the Mountain” 28 Language in which “eleven” is “once” 30 One way to crack 31 Holiday pie flavor 32 Automated tweeter 33 Ribs serving

37 “___ away!”

38 W.W. Ii-era campaign that helped usher in the civil rights movement … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle 42 Letter after phi 43 Make a pit stop at a punk show? 45 Bodybuilding supplement co. 46 Interrupt, as at a dance

48 Rank above a viscount

50 Road flare, e.g. 52 African American who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for valorous service in W.W. II

56 “Star Wars” beeper,

informally

57 Nest egg inits. 58 Transcript stat 61 When repeated, a

sport fish 62 Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard 66 Manipulates 67 Whimper

68 Waze way 69 Trimester, e.g. 70 ___-bitsy

71 Many, informally

DOWN

1 Consoles whose controllers have wrist straps 2 Hawkeye’s player on “M*A*S*H” 3 Griddle goodies 4 Beach retreat? 5 Give juice to 6 Enemy org. in Bond novels

7 Big name

8 “That’s ___ she wrote”

9 K-pop megastars 10 “We’re through!” 11 Where to see Timberwolves battle Grizzlies 12 Mojave flora 13 Crime of

combustion 18 Competes (for) 22 G.P.S, e.g.

24 Actress de Armas 25 Yours might be

made up 26 Off-base, in a way 27 Lo-cal, perhaps 28 ___ folder 29 Durango dough 32 Original “Fleabag”

airer

34 Throwing a

tantrum, say 35 Facial feature that many characters on “The Simpsons” lack

36 “___ me!” (checkers

cry)

39 Fairy tale baddie 40 Silver State sch. 41 Bygone home theater components 44 Selfless courage 47 Popular card

game

49 In the past

50 Like a songbird 51 Hardly any

52 Full spectrum 53 Clear the board 54 ___ half (partner) 55 Peak perks

59 The stones in stone fruits

60 On the briny 62 Keydets’ sch. 63 Screen, as a

candidate 64 “www” address 65 Cry that might

make you jump