NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Projects, with “out” 5 Hans Christian Andersen, by nationality 9 “Whatever You Like” rapper + Gets some color at the beach 15 Queens stadium name 16 Comic book legend Lee 17 Wild cat

18 Root on

20 Beliefs

21 Massive lang. reference 22 Arabian land near the Strait of Hormuz 23 Like a tightrope, more so than a slackline 24 Frat dude + Cpls. and sgts.

26 Actor Lundgren + Elected officials 30 Something often inflated and rarely appreciated

31 Inner things that may be suppressed 33 “Terrible” czar

34 Willem of “Spider-Man” 36 “… man ___ machine?” 37 Take a stand by not standing

38 Goal for six answers in this puzzle?

41 Expels, as lava

43 Tolkien tree being 44 Particle with a negative charge 46 Garfield’s frenemy 47 Jordan Peele’s directorial debut 49 Final, in a math series 50 Butter square + Hilarious people 52 London’s Big ___ + Ladies

55 Pairs

56 Reign

57 Course overseer, for short 58 Sentimentality 61 Concerning both the moon and sun’s motions 63 Cosmopolitan

64 Abbr. on an envelope 65 Malek of “Mr. Robot” 66 U.S. soldier + Little scurriers 67 “CSI” actress Elisabeth 68 Snake eyes

DOWN

1 “Twilight” werewolf 2 Led down the aisle 3 Classic schoolkid’s

alibi

4 “Understand?” 5 Internet link?

6 Drill sergeant’s command 7 Bread often served with curry

8 Finish

9 Bottom rows on spreadsheets 10 Freeze over, as a windshield 11 Bonus in baseball 12 Bottle marked “XXX,” maybe 13 Do ___ Call Registry 14 Ave. crossers 19 Mythical bird in the “Arabian Nights” 23 Like Mandarin

25 At least

26 Popular corn chip 27 “Hmm, leave

this to me”

28 Scot’s refusal

29 Show filmed weekly

in N.Y.C.

32 Steeds

35 Western Hemisphere

grp.

37 Kith’s partner 39 Sugar sources

from a farm

40 It runs down the

middle of the Pacific 41 Soak

42 “Get a room” elicitor,

for short

45 Stanley Cup matchup,

e.g.

47 Gives a boost 48 Operating system in the Linux family 51 Possible reply to “Don’t forget!” 53 “Super” gaming console

54 Hindu dresses 56 Book after Judges 58 Snug rug inhabitant 59 “Exodus” hero 60 Course list abbr.

61 ___ Vegas 62 Obsession of

el rey Midas