The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Little spheres in a
pod
5 “___ mañana!”
10 Salt Lake City’s
home
14 Language in
Pakistan
15 Out-spoken?
16 Canceled, as a
mission
17 Where silt builds up to create a delta
19 Two-person acts
20 Former stadium for the Indianapolis Colts
21 Come into view
23 Trawler’s mesh
24 Role of each angry man in “12 Angry Men”
26 Muscles worked on a “pull day,” informally
28 Like many small,
powerful airplanes
33 De Armas of the 2022 biopic “Blonde”
34 Culpability
35 Thimble or Scottish terrier, in Monopoly
36 Fleecy boot brand
37 Knee tissue torn in an athletic injury, for short
38 “That makes
sense!”
40 “Raising the Flag on ___ Jima” (iconic photo of 1945)
41 Actress Close
43 Crosses the finish
line last, say
45 Ctrl-alt-___ (keyboard shortcut)
46 “Definitely husband material!”
48 Banks who hosted “America’s Next Top Model”
49 Oven-warmed
sandwiches
50 Status ___
51 Expedition for
wildlife viewing
54 Low-key
58 “Other halves” no
more
59 “I’m paying for this round” … or a literal hint to this puzzle’s theme
62 “Handy” oven
accessory
63 Spooky
64 Oblong tomato variety
65 “That makes sense!”
66 Petty quarrels 67 There’s a “lone” one on Texas’ flag
DOWN
1 Contented cat’s
sound
2 Mayor Adams of
New York City
3 Upper hands in
competition
4 Fine leathers
5 Soccer great Mia
6 Balm ingredient
7 Old coin of France
8 “Boy king” whose tomb was discovered in 1922, familiarly
9 Stick like glue
10 Be subjected to,
as treatment
11 Take the show on
the road
12 Breathless with
excitement
13 Alternative to a
watering can
18 Go bad
22 Calendar divisions
24 Henson who voiced Kermit the Frog
25 Apprehensive
feeling
26 Ha-ha-ha
27 Hidden motive
28 Extra-attentive
coddling, for short
29 Billfold
30 “No joke!”
31 More up-to-date
32 Sherlock Holmes’s
sister, on Netflix
34 Loan officer, e.g.
39 What’s-___-name
(that lady)
42 Greeting that originated on the Indian subcontinent
44 Photo ___ (P.R.
events)
47 Skips over, as
vowels
48 Henry VIII and
family
50 Most Super Bowl M.V.P.S, for short
51 Match before the
final
52 “x” or “y” number
line, in graphing
53 Elaborate
celebration
54 Peevish state
55 Hawaiian instruments, informally
56 Stone or Watson
of the big screen
57 Start of many a
diary entry
60 Unit at the gym
61 401(k) alternative, for short