The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 N.F.L. team with a logo of a bird’s head, for short 4 Tiring journey 8 Something you might pick up from a restaurant 13 Conjunction in a

text

14 Jazz singer/

pianist Krall 15 Experts

16 Online tabloid

based in L.A. 17 Worth discussing,

as an issue

19 Polo competitor 21 Cry with a fist

pump

22 James who was played by Beyoncé in the biopic “Cadillac Records”

23 Crown cover 25 City on a gulf in either Europe or the U.S.

27 Light touches 28 Young person with uncommon wisdom, say 31 “What ___ Like”

(Everlast hit) 32 Inter ___

33 Folder at work,

perhaps

36 Chart topper, for

short? 37 Snowbird or

Steamboat 40 Lead-in to gender 42 Trim

44 Plane figures? 45 D-Day vehicle:

Abbr.

46 Dwells

49 Princess in L.

Frank Baum books 50 It comes before

the main event 52 Fictional swinger 54 Sit down

ungracefully 55 Q: “Did you hear about the cow that cried wolf?” A: “Fake ___!” (dad joke) 58 Warm beverage

cover 59 Accommodation for a long train trip ... or a hint to entering a certain letter 14 times in this puzzle 62 A goose egg 64 Instrument played

with a mezrab 65 Wipe

66 Número of African countries where español is an official language 67 Quick to start in,

perhaps

68 Winter retreats 69 Police title: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Do something 2 Chews (on) 3 Technological breakthrough first seen on “Jeopardy!” in 2011

4 Highball offer? 5 ___ Sunday

6 Six + cinq 7 Certain

Palestinians 8 Acquire flavor, in

a way

9 The “R” of the

M.M.R. vaccine 10 Speak to the

masses 11 Long-running comic whose main characters aren’t human 12 Like Magellan in

1519

14 “My man!” 18 Oscar-winning

director Chloé 20 Chanted syllables 23 Greater than

great

24 Hilarity, in an internet-y spelling

26 Deer stalkers 29 Truss who was Britain’s P.M. for 49 days

30 Slow to react,

maybe 32 Peaceful quaker? 34 Classic 1934 novel written in the form of an autobiography 35 Worrisome 38 Inbound or outbound thing: Abbr.

39 Middle ___ 41 Wawrinka of

tennis

43 “Once again …” 47 Weigh station

sight

48 Pressed 49 Spanish gold 50 Hop aboard? 51 Rappers, in a

sense

53 Parcel unit 54 [Check this out!] 56 Man-eater 57 Turn into a PDF,

perhaps

60 Ask some inappropriate questions 61 Knucklehead 63 “The devil’s

lettuce”