The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
BLAKE SLONECKER
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
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-tobumper 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”