The New York Times Crossword
Answers below
ACROSS
1 Chemist’s workplace
4 Cousin of “Voilà!”
8 Enjoy a night in Vegas, perhaps
14 Poetic tribute
15 ___ for the long haul
16 Made turbulent, as water
17 “r u kidding me?!”
18 Dalai ___ (Tibetan priest)
19 Alternative to a Tic Tac
20 Earthquakes occur around them
23 “___ Anything &” (classic rom- com)
24 Year, in France
25 Tantalizing promos
28 Pretties up
30 Crystal-filled rock
33 Kind of reaction or instinct
36 Fortnite and The Legend of Zelda, for two 38 “Now it makes sense!”
41 Snoozing
42 Construction site vehicles
46 Like some humor and wine
47 Cut wool from
48 Keep time with the foot
51 Early buying opportunity
53 Bundle of paper
57 Of bees: Prefix 59 Eating utensils that might come wrapped in red paper
61 Australian young woman
64 Something to shoot for & or shoot at 65 Chart-topper
66 Learn, as a new skill & or what can precede the ends of 20-, 36-, 42-and 59-Across
67 Throw in the microwave
68 Siouan language speaker
69 Record holder
70 Online marketplace for artisans
71 Maple product
DOWN
1 Shower scrubber 2 Madison Avenue fellow
3 Underway
4 At an angle 5 Obsessive about little details
6 Anastasia’s love in 1997’s “Anastasia”
7 No longer happening
8 “Keep off the ___” (park sign)
9 “You’ve got mail” co.
10 Sch. in Cambridge
11 Came into one’s own
12 “Star Wars” character who founded the Resistance
13 Small whirlpool
21 Peaceful pasture
22 Loosen, as restrictions
26 The yolk’s not on them, but in them
27 Genuine
29 No longer interested in
31 Animal on an “Xing” sign
32 Outstanding Team award or Best College Athlete award
33 What polytheists worship
34 “Not happening”
35 Watch or clock
37 Brewer’s kiln
39 Throw some jabs
40 French for “to be”
43 Home of Salt Lake City
44 Old Spice is a popular one
45 Sign on a moody teen’s door
49 Rick who sang “Never Gonna Give You Up” 50 ___ Beta Kappa
52 Ending with sea or land
54 Smart speakers from Amazon
55 Curly-tailed Japanese dog
56 Camera lens setting
57 Snakes by the Nile
58 Singer Collins
60 Nordstrom rival, familiarly
62 1950s presidential nickname
63 Verb on a candy heart