The New York Times Crossword

By Peter Gordon

ACROSS 1

Delivery at un hôpital

5 Fish eggs

10 Fundamentals

14 Sch. near Bel Air

15 Flexible pronoun

with a slash

16 “T” on a test

17 Uncouth sort

18 Map detail

19 Had on

20 Piece of volleyball

gear

22 Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” e.g.

24 Ukulele ridge

25 National park in

southwest Utah

26 Harry Belafonte album whose first song is “Day-o”

29 Mix drinks

32 Most populous member of NATO, in brief

33 *Louis XIV’S

nickname [NBA]

35 “Before” of yore

36 Friend of Thumper

and Flower

38 Alexander

Hamilton’s bill

39 No longer a minor

41 Sword with a

three-sided blade

42 Streaming channel sometimes shown at grooming salons and veterinarians’ offices 44 Slugger who ended his career four shy of the 700 home run club

45 “Father _ _ _” (2022 Mark Wahlberg film)

47 Kimono sash

49 Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of

54 *Clarence in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” e.g. [MLB]

56 Military post

57 Strip of gear, as a

ship

58 Plot line?

60 Garment for the

Grim Reaper

61 ___ code

62 Office note

63 Apple product

from 2001 to 2022

64 Eye afflictions

65 “Monday Night Countdown” cable channel

DOWN

1 Heftiness

2 Class that covers price ceilings and price floors, in brief

3 *Indication that a gas stove is functioning properly [NHL]

4 Diner or bistro

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0213

5 Therapy whose name is Japanese for “finger pressure”

6 Remain undecided

7 Donkey

8 “That was too

close for comfort!”

9 Redditor, e.g.

10 Margaret ___, author of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

11 *Grizzly, for one

[NFL]

12 Medical

breakthrough

13 Visionary

21 Coke competitor

23 Wild canine of

Australia

26 27, for 3

27 Rush job letters

28 “I’m ___ your

tricks!”

29 Windshield feature

30 Best Picture

winner that

becomes an earlier Best Picture nominee when an “F” is added to the front

31 Part of an oboe

34 Beer dispenser

37 “All rise” undoer

40 Legitimate object

of attack

42 Branded lollipops

43 Long journeys

46 Road surface

48 London’s Big _ _ _

49 Engine

supercharger

50 Champagne grape

51 Bird with a lot of

stuffing?

52 Pastis flavoring

53 Spices (up)

54 Sticky substance

55 Like a wet noodle

56 Scary 13th, to

some: Abbr.

59 Prince, but not a

princess