NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Break down

fully

8 They might help with

the dishes

15 Adage attributed to

Virgil’s “Eclogue X” 17 Not be completely open with everyone, to put it mildly

18 Letters seen on N.F.L. scoreboards between 1995 and 2015

19 Unless, to a lawyer 20 Kids’ rhyme starter

21 “___ sight” 23 “Fiddlesticks!” 26 4.92892 ml

27 Where to see license plates that say “Greatest Snow on Earth”

28 Encrusts

30 Gray, in a way 31 Alternative to an

autocamp

33 Exam where 100 is not

a perfect score 35 Dreaded words from a

teacher

36 Stew over, say

37 Loses

41 Crown topper 43 Prepares

to take off

44 Sacked out

47 Car with open-source

patents 49 Org. that was the subject of a 2021 Supreme Court antitrust ruling 50 Maude’s widower on

“The Simpsons” 51 Minimal change 52 Palindromic title 54 Traditional 20th wedding anniversary gift

56 Goddess of fertility 58 Chill

60 Mantra in the face of

criticism 64 Conceitedly dogmatic

65 Cause for concern 66 What father knows

best?

DOWN

1 Pandora releases 2 Like some confrontations 3 Judge

4 ___ school 5 Defeatist’s wail 6 Group of signs 7 Nephew of Cain and Abel

8 Difficulty

9 Member of the order Anguilliformes 10 Something to believe in

11 Man is one

12 Puts on a coat 13 Mischief-prone 14 Somnolent 16 “I just need to know

this one thing …” 22 Like many crossword puzzles (though not this one)

24 Spin, as old yarn? 25 Deploy

27 Speakers’ hesitations 29 Aces, of a sort

30 Within reach 32 Canadian band with the 1999 top 10 hit “Steal My Sunshine” 34 Boomer that went

bust, in brief

38 Really dig

39 The sun’s is approximately 865,370 miles

40 Govt. org.

since 1946

42 Cleared one’s

cookies?

44 Something that’s thrown out while using it

45 Act one’s age 46 Minced words, say 48 Key of Beethoven’s

“Für Elise”

51 Winter air

53 The crane pose, for one 55 Squishy material

57 Short cut

59 What some dropouts

go on to get, in brief 61 Rest area

62 ___ economy 63 Baleful?