The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SIMON MAROTTE ACROSS

1 Dance that might be accompanied by a fiddle

4 QB’s six-pointer 10 Withdraw from,

as a class 14 Laudatory work 15 Forecast

provider 16 Judicial coverup?

17 Under the

weather

18 Bros’ embrace 19 Supply-anddemand subj. 20 Rainy day

savings 22 2005’s “King Kong” and 2021’s “Dune” 24 Lawyer’s title:

Abbr. 25 Self-confidence 26 Lingerie material 29 Commando

movie weapons 31 Filling station? 34 Neighbor of

Afghanistan 35 Musical ability 36 Who might say “Who goes there?”

37 Waste container 38 Put in fancy duds 40 Actor Holland of “Spider-Man” films 41 Freshwater fish with a colorful name

43 Gerund suffix 44 Destination for an Apollo mission

45 Safe havens 46 On a cruise 47 Hypes (up) 48 Good thing to

graduate with 50 Dashboard stat 52 They go up and down on a playground 54 Partial floor

covering 58 Historical

periods 59 “Beats me” 61 Slip up

62 What a tightrope

walker walks on 63 Discord 64 Attribute of

many celebrities 65 Makes after

taxes

66 Greek goddess of

the soul

67 Hardly any

DOWN

1 Link

2 Not doing

anything 3 Styling products 4 Heavy

hardcovers 5 *Trixie Mattel,

e.g.

6 Feeling of guilt 7 German

interjection 8 Impolite sounds at the dinner table

9 Jason of “Freaks

and Geeks” 10 “Oh sure, that’ll

totally happen!” 11 All-time low … or a musical hint to the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues 12 Cousin of a

bassoon 13 Souvenirs from White House signings

21 Many a high

school student 23 Sacred choral

work 25 *Contact-free

smooch 26 Fair and balanced type, astrologically 27 Strong and resilient type, astrologically 28 *Seasonal confection that may say “I Luv U”

30 Actor Efron 32 Apt rhyme for

“group”

33 Songs that might be accompanied by an organ 36 *Sensation after consuming too many Pixy Stix, perhaps

38 “The People’s

Princess” 39 Early afternoon

hour

42 Follows some

dentists’ advice 44 Bahama ___ 46 Fire felonies 49 Admit (to)

51 Pro golfer Calvin 52 Embroidered,

e.g.

53 Lake below

Huron 54 Knighted actor

Guinness 55 Place to find

brain coral 56 Prod

57 Get bigger 60 “___ me a river!”