N.Y.TimesCrosswordPuzzle
Across 1 Certain “figure”
made in skating 6 Closes 11 Lawyer’s org. 14 Diving gear 15 Grannies 16 “___ out!” (ump’s
call) 17 Disinfectant
brand 18 Plane passenger’s preference, perhaps 20 Mutt 22 Birthday dessert 23 Beachside hut 26 Skeptical sort 28 Cereal in a party
mix 29 Scottish
Highlander 31 Kind of board at
a nail salon 32 Took a load off 33 Sentry’s “Stop
right there!” 34 Yodeler’s
mountain 35 With 37-Across, some ice cream confections … or a hint to the second, fifth, eleventh and fourteenth rows of this puzzle 37 See 35-Across 40 Id’s counterpart 41 They “don’t lie,”
per Shakira 42 Squeak stopper 44 Jordanian port
city 47 Part of a superhero’s costume 48 Coke or Pepsi 49 Just outside a
city 51 Not digital, as a
clock 53 Music genre akin to rhythm and blues 54 Puts up with 56 “You both swiped right!,” on Tinder 58 Ship that sailed with the Niña and the Santa Maria 62 Understand 63 Like residents of
Havana 64 Diarist Nin 65 Gridiron scores,
for short 66 In ___ (not yet
born) 67 Runs with long,
bounding strides
Down 1 Night sch. class 2 Like roads in
need of salting 3 “Gloomy” guy 4 Streaming service that dropped the first three letters of its name when it rebranded in 2023 5 Raptor’s claw 6 Minor holdup 7 Headwear in a
cafeteria kitchen 8 Open, as classified records 9 Add (up) 10 Opposite of
NNW 11 “Yes, captain!” 12 Chemistry lab container 13 It comes from the heart 19 Garlicky shrimp
dish 21 1998 Winter
Olympics host 23 Loops in, on an
email 24 Moby Dick’s
pursuer 25 Letter after alpha 27 Opposite of buys 30 In the manner of 33 “Horrible” Viking
of comics 34 Seem (to be) 36 Cloud in outer
space 37 Tiny drink 38 Gimlet or
screwdriver 39 Farm storage
building 41 Small vehicle on
a railroad track 43 Dawdle 44 Help 45 Recited, as a line
of poetry 46 Takes advantage
of badly 47 “No way!” 48 Many a Vegas
establishment 50 Real gem 52 Country on the south side of Mount Everest 55 “Well … I’ll
pass” 57 Film franchise that includes “The Avengers,” “Thor” and “Iron Man,” in brief 59 Midday rest 60 Knot, as
shoelaces 61 Kick-___
(awesome)