The New York Times

ACROSS

1 Title for Geraint or Gawain

4 “A Thousand ___” (1992 Pulitzer winner)

9 Doesn’t wax

14 Here, in SaintTropez

15 Feature of many a sit-in

16 Paper-saving invoice

17 Obsession with being published … NOT a flurry of transcription errors

19 Term of address for a young man

20 Biblical unit of weight

21 Venue with a token-based currency

23 Donkey ___

24 Lover of teddy bears … NOT a devotee of polar regions

28 “Don’t reach for your wallet!”

30 Staycation option

31 “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” author

34 One crying to Mami or Papi

35 Fear of everything … NOT a fear of trousers

39 Common burrito topping, informally

41 Journalist/ podcaster Rehm

42 Ill-advised

45 Fun find for a bargain hunter

50 Chews … NOT elaborates condescendingly to a female

53 “For here” alternative

54 Walked in long steps

55 Having a metal coating

57 Earthy color

59 Science of measurement … NOT the study of urban areas

61 Go bad

62 Small box on a map

63 “Norma ___”

64 Like many a romcom or maple tree

65 Tots

66 Coin-___ (some laundromats)

DOWN

1 Para alpine sport equipment

2 Balm with a paradoxical name

3 Gets ready to eat?

4 Fictional manufacturer of giant rubber bands and cactus costumes

5 Timothée of “Dune”

6 Tried to get elected

7 “Giant Brain” in 1946 news

8 Button next to “Select” on old game controllers

9 Google Sheets, e.g.

10 Capital near Dubai

11 “Ooh, that could work!”

12 Big game

13 ___-mo

18 Indie band known for their highconcept, viral music videos

22 Sin : y-axis :: ___ : x-axis

25 Fix up, as a lawn

26 Word with crime or chocolate

27 Peer at suspiciously

29 Mum’s mum

32 Nail polish brand with the shade “I’m Not Really a Waitress”

33 Step for clinical trials

35 Fast cash establishment

36 What might change your mind, in a way

37 Going wild

38 ___-Air (upscale L.A. neighborhood)

39 What might accompany a baseball card

40 “De ___ Vez” (Selena Gomez song)

43 “___ you jest!” 44 Green: Prefix

46 “... and others too,” more officially

47 “My Neighbor ___,” acclaimed 1988 Japanese animated film

48 A big one may be hard to overcome in a relationship

49 Resounding agreement

51 Accept, as a college applicant

52 Itty-bitty

56 Concerns for property developers

57 Bygone spy grp.

58 Expert in filing 60 “For shame!”