The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DAVID W. TUFFS

ACROSS

1 Museum wings? 4 “Wonder Woman”

actress Gadot 7 Novelty brand with the slogan “Watch it grow!” 14 Got hitched 16 Jimi in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

17 “Who’s your

favorite roguish ‘Star Wars’ character? Han ___?”

18 “How famous

is that actress? Is she unknown

___?”

19 Partner of born 20 AOL, e.g., in

brief

22 Actor Wilson 23 One, in Berlin 24 Fashion line 26 Have a fight 29 One of several in

a Venn diagram 30 Genre of the “Broken Earth” trilogy by N. K. Jemisin 32 Permissive 33 Fixing a faucet or mending a fence, say

35 Dramatic

segment 36 Running event 37 “How do you

handle losing? Do you feel calm

___?”

40 Flu fighter 43 2018 Pixar short about a dumpling boy

44 Plaza de la Raza

locale in SoCal 48 “Mazel ___!” 49 Most prone to

preening 51 Unedited

52 Work of art 54 Flippers 55 Polynesian crop with medicinal properties 56 Where to find lots

of Letts

58 Hound sound 59 Declare 60 “What’s the best way to spend less on shopping? Coupons ___?” 63 “What kind of greens do you want? Spinach ___?”

65 Active during the

day

66 Like the king of

the jungle 67 Envoy’s

workplace 68 Latin law 69 Director Spike

DOWN

1 1962 Paul Anka

hit

2 Got hitched 3 Handsome trait? 4 Drink flavored with juniper berries

5 Capital of

Ethiopia

6 Let out a notch,

perhaps

7 Actor John who plays Sulu in “Star Trek” films 8 Knight in shining

armor

9 “Ish”

10 Irene who’s central to the scandal of “A Scandal in Bohemia”

11 Chip in a tube 12 German winter

hazard 13 Palindromic

alternative to .exe 15 Root beer brand 21 Southern part of

South America 25 Weapon with a

heavy head 27 Home of the Burj

Khalifa, for short 28 Office no.

30 In favor of

31 Like a day off,

ideally

34 Write (down) 36 Some O.R. and

E.R. staffers 38 Credulous sort 39 Swallow 40 Valvoline rival 41 ___ polloi 42 Augment, as a

musical track 45 Labor

46 With 64-Down, noted trans activist and actress

47 One accepting an

Oscar, e.g. 49 Ones unlikely to enjoy the land of milk and honey? 50 Register

53 Olds of old 55 “Blazing Saddles”

actress Madeline 57 “So it goes” 60 Bobbie Gentry’s

“___ to Billie Joe” 61 Salted part of a

margarita glass 62 Crafty

64 See 46-Down