N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle
Across
1 What Professor Moriarty was a professor of 5 Some lunchbox
sammies 9 Abrasive 14 “O.G. Original
Gangster” rapper 15 McFlurry flavor 16 Walled city near
Madrid 17 Just like ___ 18 Grant consideration, sometimes 19 Hell of a guy? 20 Things with hardware and software components 23 Quickly join a
call, with “on” 24 Infantry
members, in brief 25 In the style of 26 Bunny first appearing in “Space Jam” (1996) 28 Bit of attire that sends the message “I mean business!” 33 Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novel 36 Big letters in
home security 37 Methods 38 One of the
Mannings 39 Societal troubles 40 Many a Monopoly property: Abbr. 41 Participation dance in which you “turn yourself around” 44 Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award 47 Captain von Trapp’s betrothed, in “The Sound of Music” 48 Rapper Lil ___ X 49 Cause of wear
and tear 50 Command
centers, for short 53 The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across 59 Entered speedily 60 Ending of “The
Bachelor”? 61 “___ you vera much!” (punny valentine) 62 Standing up 63 Suit material? 64 “I’ll ___” 65 Full of the latest 66 Features of some
cruise ships 67 Nailed
Down
1 Comedian
Hedberg 2 Allergic
reaction 3 One who works
well with others 4 Start of many
URLs 5 Firebird maker 6 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards 7 Taunt 8 Repairs, as a golf
green 9 Big
inconvenience 10 “___: The Way of
Water” (2022 film) 11 Bar mitzvah, e.g. 12 Major dis 13 Franz’s partner in old “S.N.L.” sketches 21 Nasty 22 [What a
snoozefest!] 27 Surgery sites, for
short 28 Many a Weird Al
Yankovic medley 29 Boo-boo 30 One may dominate a conversation 31 Not doing
anything 32 Place to order
handmade goods 33 Took a lap,
perhaps 34 Spanish sparkling
wine 35 Soul singer
Bridges 39 Apple devices
run on it 41 Parasite’s place 42 “We totally
should!” 43 “Help me, ObiWan Kenobi,” e.g. 45 Buffoonery 46 Like food served
at a tea party 49 Michelob ___
(light brew) 51 Car dealer’s
offering 52 Knight’s “trusty” companion 53 Small songbird 54 Fabled slacker 55 All over again 56 Makeup of a
match 57 Straddling,
say 58 ___ ghanouj