NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Ask ___” (newspaper advice column) 4 Bounce, as off a pool table cushion
9 Actress Hayek
14 Deer with no antlers 15 Singer with the bestselling albums “19,”“21” and “25”
16 Bringer of rain
17 Jan., Feb., Mar., etc. 18 Absolutely adored
20 What a weekly has once a week
22 Police action
23 The police, metaphorically 27 Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes 28 Destination for European hikers 29 Versatile blackjack card
32 Reach by addition 34 Rocket-building company since 2002 37 Body art that might be revealed by hip-hugger jeans
41 ___ de Tocqueville, author of “Democracy in America” 42 Oscar-winning
Berry
43 Like 43, e.g.
44 Destiny
45 Senior’s org.
49 “Uh-oh”
53 Hardcore Chinese party adherent 55 “Aida” composer 56 Like a millennial who‘s a huge fan of 1960s-’70s music, it’s said
60 Help out
61 Source of revenue for many states
62 Dot on a computer screen
63 Ticked off
64 Test before buying, as clothes
65 Daring base runner’s goal
66 Foxy
DOWN
1 Confesses (to)
2 Kind of pork at a Chinese restaurant 3 Polite assent
4 ___ Carr, best-selling author of historical thrillers
5 Hubbub
6 Fire (up), as an engine 7 Part of a World Cup chant
8 Finishes in the top three, say
9 Treat disdainfully 10 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” playwright
11 Clark’s crush at the Daily Planet 12 Mixed-breed dog
13 Main source of online revenue
19 One more than bi21 Available to all, as a bathroom
24 Petting zoo babies 25 Beauty products chain 26 Era-defining
29 ___ of Congress
30 Elon Musk, for 34-Across
31 Prefix with skeleton 33 Ocean State sch. 34 Canonized pope of the fifth century
35 Buddy
36 Relaxed
37 Language related to Thai
38 Like 1960s-’70s music 39 Joined in matrimony 40 Green Hornet’s sidekick
44 Aperture settings
46 J.J. who directed
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
47 Kind of tire
48 2000s stage name for rapper Sean Combs 49 Lone Ranger’s sidekick 50 Flirt with at a bar, say 51 “Am ___ out of touch?” 52 Nearly plotz with pride 53 Othello, for one 54 Bohemian
56 Sandwich whose initials have been rearranged in five other ways in this puzzle 57 Flaming
58 Lumberjack’s tool
59 Spill the ___ (reveal sensitive information)