The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 GoFundMe contributor 6 Snatches

10 Cubed & or played

with cubes 15 Something an athlete

should bring 16 Beethoven’s “Ah!

perfido,” e.g.

17 Part of the throat whose name comes from the Latin for “little grape”

18 French cheese tasting that lasts only a minute?

21 Convince

22 Symbol of nakedness 23 “Shining” place in “America the Beautiful”

24 She-sheep

26 “Every kiss begins with ___” (jeweler’s slogan)

28 “That handlebar has

gotta hurt!”

38 Actress de Armas of

“Knives Out”

39 ___ Chu, Nobel Prizewinning member of Obama’s cabinet 40 WikiLeaks source,

perhaps

41 Edges

43 Gas station adjunct 44 Canadian sketch comedy show of the 1970s-’80s

45 Type of weasel

47 Stir up

50 Dig up dirt

51 Headline about a

pagan rotisserie shop? 54 Sushi fish 55 Massachusetts’ Buzzards ___

56 Bit of Quidditch equipment

59 Predictably 64 Garments typically

fastened in the back 68 Screed about Old Glory that goes too far?

71 Place to wear a toga 72 Western town that inspired Georgia O’Keeffe

73 Middle ship of three,

it’s said

74 Poker-faced 75 Estimation words 76 Recipe phrase

DOWN

1 Applies with a cotton

ball

2 Fairy tale menace

3 It might be painted in

the bathroom 4 Breakfast dish from a

“station”

5 Zebra, slangily

6 Org. with skyrocketing

expenses?

7 La-di-da

8 Tender kind of lettuce 9 Asian wrap 10 Pregnancy estimation 11 Modern reproductive

procedure: Abbr. 12 Pool necessities

13 “Or ___!”

14 “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but ___”: The Economist 19 Oust

20 Nettles

25 Is, in retrospect 27 Dish next to stuffing

and cranberry sauce 28 Habitat for rails and

bitterns

29 Anagram and antonym of 34-Down 30 Girl Scout cookie

variety

31 Coop up

32 Captain America portrayer Chris

33 Concert tees and the

like

34 Let loose, in a way 35 Secret supply

36 Flirt with

37 Keebler crew 42 Overfill

46 Private employer? 48 Small Indian drum 49 Capt.’s announcement 52 “Frozen” queen 53 Animal crossing 56 Contacts list faves 57 Much

58 Pacific root vegetable 60 Quaint preposition 61 Headliner

62 Some people believe swamp gas causes them, for short 63 Furthermore 65 McNally’s partner 66 Opposing

67 Van Gundy of the

N.B.A.

69 Rev, as an engine 70 Transcript stat