The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Tiny unit of matter 5 Singer Paul with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame
9 Leafy fresh herb in a caprese salad 14 Arrived
15 “___ mio!” (“My lord!”: Sp.) 16 Tolerate
17 Data sources for Election Day coverage
19 Ringlets
20 “Same here” 21 Accessories that may feature Windsor knots 23 Ships’ records 26 Kid-lit classic “Blueberries for
_ _ _”
27 “And Still I Rise” poet Maya 30 Three-dimensional 35 Fawn’s mother 36 Plead
38 Largest branch of Islam
39 Large props held by contest winners in publicity photos 44 Sticky tree secretion
45 Make a scratch or dent in
46 “Abandon hope, ___ ye who enter here”
47 Mournful, as poetry
50 Anticipate
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53 Lady in Progressive ads 54 Nincompoop 55 Late-1950s car stylings designed to look aerodynamic
60 Word with tricks and thrills 64 Opposite of urban 65 D.C. baseball players … or what the ends of 17-, 21-, 39- and 55-Across sound like
68 Make up (for) 69 Ireland, in literature 70 Ideologies
71 Small lakes
72 Like moldy basements and some memes 73 Subdermal lump
1 Got 100% on
2 Steer a plane toward the runway 3 Forget to mention 4 Test one’s ___ (be a challenge) 5 Ballyhoo
6 Zip, zero, nada 7 München : Munich :: ___ : Cologne 8 Subject to a tax, as property
9 Strong negative reaction, as from the public
10 Border on
11 Apple’s voice assistant
12 Run in neutral 13 Word sometimes used incorrectly for “fewer”
18 Game with 15 numbered balls 22 Beanie, e.g. 24 Desert on the Silk Road
25 Canal through Egypt
27 Cherish
28 Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” for one 29 Plural that makes one wonder why there aren’t any meese
31 Mon. follower 32 Early Peruvians 33 Joint just above the heel
34 Cotton fabric named for a French city 37 Beauty 40 18-wheeler
41 Nasal sounds from someone with a slight cold
42 Silly
43 Bird that caws 48 Oscar winner Mahershala
49 Duped
51 Puerto ___
52 Of a shared cultural identity 55 Ensnare
56 What you park in a driveway or drive on a parkway 57 Clothes presser 58 Acquire, as a job 59 Singer Bareilles 61 Beginnerish
62 “___ for the poor” 63 Discreet attentiongetter
66 Container for mints
67 Squirt from an octopus