The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Part of a Tibetan

leader’s title

6 San Luis ___,

Calif.

12 Catch in the act 15 Official decree 16 Polishing aids 17 Park in Manhattan, e.g.: Abbr.

18 Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally

19 As part of a performing duo in 1991; as a solo artist in 2021 21 What might help someone get a leg up?

23 “Cool!”

24 Take home

25 As part of a band in 1998; as a solo artist in 2019 27 Put on staff 28 Vessel that’s a homophone of 24-Across

29 Get ___ on (ace) 30 “Place” on a

Monopoly board 32 Lowest pitches in

chords

36 One end of a

battery

37 As part of a songwriting duo in 1990; as a solo artist in 2021 40 Really got to 43 “Rule” stating that the number of transistors per microchip doubles every two years 47 Brit who wrote “The Vanishing Half”

50 Meadow

51 Former Giants QB

Manning 52 Understanding of

a situation 53 With 60-Across, institution in which 19-, 25and 37-Across are (thus far) the only three women ever to be inducted twice 57 “Waterloo”

group

58 Acronym that might be shouted before a rash act 59 Heavens on

earth

60 See 53-Across 63 “So sad” 65 Serving from a

tap

66 Laughed loudly 67 Janelle who sang 2010’s “Tightrope” 68 There are about five of these in a tsp.

69 Way off base 70 Strict

DOWN

1 German article 2 2019 sci-fi film whose title means “to the stars” 3 Lends an ear 4 Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play 5 Architectural style started, strangely, in England 6 Canadian

Thanksgiving mo. 7 Russian pancakes 8 Kind of chemical

bond

9 Shelving area in a

library

10 Part of a water

quality evaluation 11 Buckeye State

sch.

12 Vancouver Island

city

13 Contended

14 ___ mountain dog (breed named for its origins near the Swiss capital) 20 Installs again, as a

painting

22 Kind of sax 25 Hoagie

26 Grp. known as

OTAN in France 31 Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize 33 Skeleton that’s no longer in the closet?

34 Stately tree 35 Concern for online advertisers, for short

38 Caffeinecontaining nut 39 Goddess of peace 40 Isaac’s father, in

the Bible

41 Game with a bat 42 Gives permission 44 Proud and regal 45 Like some casts

or teams

46 Actor Wheaton 48 Strive to achieve 49 Over the bounds 54 Composer

Schumann 55 Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) 56 Transfer, as a tulip 61 It’s unrefined 62 Summer hrs. in

Pittsburgh 64 Japanese

currency