The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

JOSEPH GREENBAUM ACROSS

1 Result of a rise,

perhaps

8 Other half

14 One of the

Balearic Islands 15 Dessert order at a Mexican restaurant 16 Quirky sort 17 Life-form led by Optimus Prime in the “Transformers” movies 18 Monthly expense 19 Ballpark figure 21 ___ Lonely Boys, group with the 2004 hit “Heaven” 23 Button for enlarging an image

24 Mark of

perfection 25 Expose

28 Really, really 31 Gender-___ 34 T-Bird alternative 36 Cabbage

alternative? 37 “This isn’t a trick

question”

40 “___ c’est Paris” (French soccer club slogan) 41 Vibe

42 Airs during the

holidays 43 Jimmy of highend footwear 45 Made it through 47 Pro in D.C. 49 Exaggerated 50 “The Bachelorette” network

53 Deli lunch options 57 Sound after a sip 59 Midcruise milieu 60 Where Bill and

Hillary first met 62 In

63 Budgeting class? 64 Automotive amenity that offers an annual Santa Tracker 65 Stingrays, often

DOWN

1 Emissions

concern

2 Like some pools 3 “Thus …”

4 What something bacillary is shaped like 5 Word with wonder or designer 6 Protest movement launched in 2011, familiarly

7 Peace slogan 8 Barricaded

9 To ___ mildly 10 Cry from a

balcony

11 Big adventure through the concrete jungle 12 Emissions

concern

13 Ciudad del ___, Paraguay’s largest city after Asunción 15 Sound investment in the 1980s? 20 Follower of Jesus

Christ? 22 Paper cut, e.g. 26 Troubles

27 ___ power 29 Sovereign land,

so to speak 30 Excuses

31 It has a $100 billion line of credit with the Treasury Dept. 32 Cousin of a firth 33 Ones calling the

strikes?

35 Zwölf minus elf 38 Chill

39 “___ problem” 44 Acorn, by another

name

46 Fine wool source 48 Cybertruck

maker

51 Mowgli’s teacher in “The Jungle Book”

52 Belt wearer,

perhaps 53 Lead-in to

-graphic 54 Keeping current

with 55 Graduation

class

56 This is taking

fore-e-ever 58 Many start with

“I”: Abbr.

61 Sinus doc