N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Animal symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt
5 Locale for a salmon ladder
8 Lillian ___, the First Lady of American Cinema
12 Top pork producer in the U.S. 13 Twine
material
15 ___ buco
16 Acronym for some academic grants
17 Syrup
source
18 TV host with
a “Garage” 19 Grotesque 21 Portable
work surface 23 Ailurophiles 25 Accouchement 28 Mary whose short story “The Wisdom of Eve” was the basis for 1950’s “All About Eve” 29 Modern
pic
33 Publishing
IDs
34 “___ Flair Drip” (2018 rap hit)
35 Colorado’s
___ Park 36 “Me day”
destinations 37 Whence the Portuguese creole language Patuá
39 Old man
40 Newly elected California congresswoman of 1987
42 Like wine with cheese, often 44 Chase vehicle, once, in brief?
45 Fox Islands
resident
49 Mauna ___ 50 Places for
quills
52 Waves to a hairdresser? 55 Accessories
for tablets 56 Historical lead-in to -evna or -evich
60 Cheyenne
allies
62 GQ
competitor 64 Snapper?
65 Sight from New York City’s Riverside Park
66 Flower
holder
67 Words to the audience
DOWN
1 With 11-Down, what each of this puzzle’s groups of circles represents
2 Side order
with curry
3 Was in the
red
4 Xbox or
PlayStation 5 Group
migration
6 Relative of
an adder 7 One of las Islas Baleares
8 Finishing touch on the first transcontinental railroad
9 “Gotcha”
10 Info on tax
forms
11 See 1-Down 13 Crude
content
14 Vault
20 Sticks in the
water
22 French for
“bent”
24 Guitarist
Clapton
25 “Frontal” or “lateral” speaking features
26 Whitebarked tree 27 Hoops
30 Austere
31 Home with a hole at the top
32 Carne ___ 37 Drink that
might be served with a metal cup 38 Vedic
religious text 41 ___ Jose
43 “Your point
being …?”
46 Regarding
47 Part of a hog
farm
48 Trendy ingredient in a healthy smoothie
50 Push
forward
51 Features of some leather jackets
52 “Super”
orgs.
53 Part of Q.E.D. 54 Sita’s love, in
Hindu lore
57 Enthusiastic Spanish assent
58 Sports star who split with J.Lo in 2021
59 Actor
Auberjonois 61 Synagogue
feature
63 Sine ___ non