NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
No. 0609
ACROSS
1 Some dash mounts
5 Prepare for the long haul?
10 Juul, e.g.
14 First person?
15 Cropped up
16 Musk of 45-Across
17 Puerto ___
18 Condition better known as anemia
20 Kibitzing passenger
22 With it, in old slang
23 Two-syllable cheer
24 Glistens with shimmering colors
30 Jazz style that influenced the Beat Generation
34 Mauna ___
35 TV addict
37 Baseball stats
39 Disney princess who shares a name with a Shakespeare character
40 The “A” of MMA
41 Blabbing informant
44 Prey of a murder hornet
45 Maker of the Model S and Model 3
46 Best Comeback Athlete, for one
48 Abbreviation that can replace an ellipsis
50 Courtly title
51 Dilettantish know-it-all
59 Hercules on his first labor, or Hemingway on safari
60 Nobel laureate Wiesel
61 Golden calf, e.g.
62 World of Warcraft enthusiast, for one
63 Bone on the pinkie side of the forearm
64 Courtly title 65 Flexible Flyer products
66 Products of Always or Stayfree
DOWN
1 Low-___ diet
2 Sarah McLachlan hit that’s 51-Down spelled in reverse
3 Espressos “stained” with a bit of milk
4 Like some salmon and turkey
5 Airplane ticket info
6 Las Vegas resort with a musical name
7 Ilk
8 Like thrift shop wares
9 “Pain and Glory” director Almodóvar
10 Kraft product
11 Soothing succulent
12 Not up to expectations
13 Word after business or bitter
19 Frodo’s first cousin (mother’s side) and second cousin (father’s side)
21 De-tailed detail?
24 Runner-up’s rueful report
25 Road trip plan
26 Dial or Tone
27 Nobel Prize winner
of 1903 and 1911
28 Modern health risks, for short
29 Their population in New Zealand peaked at 70 million in 1982
31 1968 Jane Fonda sci-fi role
32 Animal that’s known to enjoy water slides
33 Asked, as a question
36 Stratagem
38 How presidents swear when taking the oath of office
42 Door fastener
43 See 59-Down 47 Clean, as with a paper towel
49 Drinks down heartily
51 Opera that’s
2-Down backward
52 Church cross
53 Overly fussy, informally
54 “I’m just like that,”
in modern lingo 55 Slender plant 56 Misses the mark 57 Cocktail garnish
58 Oolong and Darjeeling
59 With 43-Down, rapper with the 2021 #1 hit “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”