The New York Times Crossword

By Jared Goudsmit

ACROSS

1 Teacher of the

Talmud

6 Alternative to a

thigh

10 Cousin of a picnic,

informally

13 Horn or whistle, at

times

14 Home of Bach Ma

Temple

15 Nickname for Missouri’s secondlargest city, with “the”

16 Was worth

another mention

18 Cancel

19 Start of a simple

selection process

20 Eartha who sang “I

Want to Be Evil”

21 Cool place in a hot

place

23 Janet’s “not-arobot” boyfriend on “The Good Place”

25 Speaking naturally

26 Travel discount

29 International intelligence organization?

30 With 40-Across,

offshore work site

31 It’s money, in a

saying

35 Apple _ _ _

36 Said no ... or, interpreted differently, a hint to entering the answers to 16-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across 40 See 30-Across

41 “Light” of a light

bulb moment

43 Get-up-and-go

44 Surrounded by

46 Not inflammatory?

50 Musical instrument also called a chac-chac

53 TV’S Ted Lasso,

e.g.

54 “_ _ _ que sí!” (Spanish “Of course!”)

55 Fake

57 Eton students,

traditionally

60 .png alternative

61 Sanctuary like

Yellowstone

64 “What a

revelation!”

65 Public relations

focus

66 Needing direction

67 Prohibit

68 Bring up

69 Trunk

DOWN

1 Broccoli ___

2 It’s vera soothing!

3 Rural shindig

4 Edy’s competitor

5 Mischievous tyke

6 Power unit

7 Still able to win

8 Lead-in to stick or

starter

9 Escort of a sort

10 Apathetic

11 Trap from all sides

12 Dungeons &

Dragons mission

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14 Sort of poem not usually pluralized by adding an -s

17 Scraped (out)

22 Letters that are fittingly part of “f_mily _ _i_”

24 Bring up

25 Finish one’s taxes

26 Ward (off)

27 Tours de force

28 “___ but a

scratch”

29 Customizable

Nintendo avatar

32 1800s steampowered locomotive

33 Breath freshener

34 Good ___ (kind

soul)

37 ___ Klein, author of “Why We’re Polarized”

38 “Curses upon

thee!”

39 Raw material for

some analysts

42 Yonder

45 Subject of a centuriesold theatrical superstition

47 Having legendary

status

48 “You matter to

me”

49 Not many

50 Mundane employment, derisively

51 Leader of Argos?

52 Harshly criticize,

informally

55 “Without delay!”

56 Epic

58 Part of Y.S.L.

59 Resting place?

62 Québécois

confidant

63 ___ fly (Rbiearning play)