The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Hershey’s foiled confection 5 Grade upgrade 9 ___-mo 12 Chaotic way to run

13 Dolphins’ home 14 Hip to, as the

latest news

15 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of U.S. CAPITOL 18 Declaration made with a card in hand

19 Diameter of a

quarter, roughly 20 Mrs. Doubtfire, for one 21 Madre’s hermana 22 “Obvs!”

23 “My Sister’s Keeper” author Picoult

25 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of UNEARTHS 31 Phone no.

32 “___ & Roy” (children’s TV series) 33 “Selma” director DuVernay 34 Sand castle

shaper

36 Some sausages,

informally

38 Help with a

holdup

39 Where ___ at 40 Breeze (through) 41 FedEx alternative 42 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of GRAND TIME 47 Torah holders 48 “Nothing fools you better than the ___ you tell yourself”: Teller

49 Candy heart sentiment 51 Beginning to a logical conclusion 54 Disney queen of

Arendelle 55 Angry state 56 Apt phrase that uses just the letters of MASTERING 60 ___ at windmills (fight imaginary foes)

61 Some Winter

Olympics rides 62 Things you might

open with a click 63 Sleep disrupter

in a fairy tale 64 Hitch, say 65 Feed the kitty

DOWN

1 Broken down for good 2 “Consider that done!”

3 One who plays alone

4 One of a crosscountry pair 5 Machu ___ (Inca citadel) 6 Mascara target 7 Thurman of “Gattaca” 8 “___ boom bah!” 9 Fabricated, as a yarn 10 College debt component 11 Word before child or human

13 Grade downgrade 14 Lightning Bolt 16 Like some pools 17 Not warranted 23 Kid

24 Units of electrical

resistance 26 Sinuous fish 27 The sea, to

Neptune

28 Cloth napkins

and such

29 She lost paradise in “Paradise Lost”

30 2020 Chinese

zodiac animal 34 2019 Chinese

zodiac animal 35 Had a little

something 36 Safe space? 37 Fixes, as an

outcome 38 Sashimi tuna 40 Singer in Homer’s

“Odyssey” 41 Lofty aspiration 43 Implied but not

expressed 44 “Ready!” 45 Climbs

46 10-time N.B.A.

All-Star Kevin 50 Poetry

51 Link letters 52 Buffalo’s lake 53 Character voiced by Beyoncé in 2019’s “The Lion King” 54 Pop-up breakfast

brand

57 Kind

58 Resident of a

cloister

59 Many a craft

brew, briefly