NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Prefix with particle
5 Assess, with “up”
9 Lustful
14 Device for Arachne, in Greek myth
15 Corporation that acquired the Gateway computer hardware company in 2007
16 Antipasto bit
17 Smooth, in a way
18 Disruptive moviegoers, perhaps
20 Buckeye-hawkeye-yellowhammer
22 Espouse
23 Spec for computer cables
24 Part of some Arabic names
27 Pine Tree-cornhusker-sunflower
33 Windy City airport code
34 Mold for a castle, maybe
35 Buddhist scripture
36 There’s one every second 38 Hammock composition, perhaps
41 Sweetheart
42 “To repeat …”
44 Stat on a baseball card
46 Some colas
47 Green Mountain-treasure-last Frontier
51 Put the kibosh on
52 “Well, I’ll be!”
53 Do crew
54 U.S. geographical grouping … or a hint to 20-, 27- and 47-Across
60 Cocktail made with gin, soda, lemon juice and sugar
63 Easy victory
64 Covid test components
65 Patsy Cline, for one
66 Feature of many a beehive
67 How ham might be served
68 Spotted
69 Infernal river
DOWN
1 As well
2 Rider of the lost ark?
3 Nobelist Morrison
4 “Sounds like a plan!”
5 Place to pick some vegetables?
6 Suffix with period
7 Greek letter (but not the last one)
8 Deity born from Chaos
9 What cats ride around on in some internet videos
10 ___ mater
11 Never: Ger.
12 Smart TV feature
13 “Excellent!”
19 Wine container in a Poe title
21 Tear a lot
24 Butterfly-attracting flowers
25 Presidential first name
26 Chant for the Dream Team
27 Whodunit plot element
28 Like a phoenix from the ashes
29 Item checked by a bouncer
30 Home to Maracanã Stadium
31 Greek letter (definitely not the last one)
32 Well-used pencil, say
37 “Sex and the City” actress Cattrall
39 Aachen article
40 Begins
43 Flower with a canine-sounding name
45 Fruity liqueur base
48 Astrophysicist ___ degrasse Tyson
49 Units of magnetic flux density
50 Oscar and Edgar
54 Dairy Queen competitor
55 Tessellation piece
56 A couple of chips, perhaps
57 Turnip or beet
58 Primetime ___
59 Ne plus ultra
60 General name on a menu
61 Have free and clear
62 Scratch