The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Swimmer’s set
5 Word with
dressing or days
10 *Workplace for
the Seven Dwarfs
14 Way out
15 Mental picture
16 Head of state in Qatar
17 As well 18 Weighted with freight
19 Covid-19, slangily
20 *Like daredevils, seemingly
22 Nuts and bolts drawer?
24 Desires
25 *Little one in arms
26 Reach for greedily
29 Differ
30 *Visibly embarrassed
33 Caramel-filled candy
34 *Void
37 One in a cast
39 Mischievous creature of folklore
40 Formerly the largest country in Africa, but since 2011 the thirdlargest
41 *Get over a minor injury, say
44 Basis for a lawsuit
45 Apiece
46 Way out
47 Things made by doctors and bartenders
49 Planted for future reaping
50 Pile
51 Look a little here, a little there
54 *Start of a classic breakup letter
58 ___ Gagarin, first person in space
59 Take stealthily, informally
61 Orchestral instrument with a bell key
62 Singing snowman in Disney’s “Frozen”
63 Unit in a birth announcement
64 Influence that’s often unconscious
65 Sing loudly, with “out”
66 Encouraged
67 Send nude pics, maybe
DOWN
1 Symbol over the “i” in the Tropicana logo
2 Part of a drivetrain
3 City with a famous tower
4 Perfect, as a romance
5 Element of doubt?
6 Accumulate
7 Boys
8 Grow older
9 Southernmost part of Scandinavia
10 Become one
11 “That’s my cue!”
12 What all Alaska ZIP codes start with
13 The “E” of Q.E.D.
21 Meadowland
23 Deep chasm
25 Canada’s oldest national park
26 Understand
27 La ___-Posay (skin-care brand)
28 Place to say “I do”
29 Display from a knight
30 Household gas that may require mitigation
31 Virtual greeting
32 Fender bender reminders
35 Divulge
36 Well-orchestrated ruses
38 Second attempts
42 “Much obliged”
43 Lost control, informally
48 Sculler’s need
49 Taylor ___, some of whose hit songs are featured in the answers to the starred clues
50 Ergo
51 “We won’t be serving alcohol, but …”
52 Something a renegade may break or ignore
53 Spoken
54 Tiny bell sound
55 New York theater award
56 Abominable Snowman (probably)
57 Hornet’s home
60 “___ Song,” 2007 hit that begins “I was ridin’ shotgun with my hair undone”