NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What Do You ___? (popular modern party game)

5 Kind of ray

10 Who says “Play it, Sam” in “Casablanca” 14 Pink-slipped 15 Deafening

16 Beef that’s aged? 17 Form of racing that requires one foot on the ground at all times 19 Satirist Mort 20 Take hold

21 Sort unlikely to

stoop, say 23 Motorist’s offense,

for short

24 [Shrug] 26 Complicated

situation

28 Notable

29 Spot for a stud ...

or a “bud” 31 Buenos ___ 32 Heading in the

right direction? 34 Hockey legend

Gordie

37 This might be rigged 38 “Count us in!” 41 Churn

43 Home of the Nobel

Peace Center 44 Big to-do

48 Ones who know

what’s coming? 49 Blubber 51 Woman’s name

that’s a palindrome 52 “Through the Looking-Glass” character 56 Intestine’s place 58 Pop singer’s nickname that omits 51-Across 59 Ingenuity org. 60 Italian for “milk” 61 Golfer’s involuntary wrist spasms while putting, with “the”

63 Plant seen rolling through this puzzle? 66 Hexagon bordering

two rectangles 67 Great Lakes

people

68 John Irving protagonist T.S. ___ 69 Hawaiian goddess of

volcanoes and fire 70 Hit the mall, say 71 Possible cause of

a cough

DOWN

1 Gargantuan

2 Kayak alternative 3 Get-togethers 4 Singer McCain with the 1998 hit “I’ll Be”

5 16 cups: Abbr. 6 Holy scroll holder 7 Like towelettes in a fast-food restaurant

8 It’s heaven-sent 9 Neighbor of chlorine

on the periodic table 10 Contingencies 11 Chairs, e.g. 12 “Bee-you-tiful!” 13 Wings things 18 Sister of King

Charles III 22 Mediocre effort 25 Home of the USS Arizona Memorial 27 Make-up artists? 30 Candy in a gold

foil wrapper 33 Go a few rounds,

say?

35 Essay count: Abbr. 36 Creatures described as anguilliform 39 Elizabeth of

“WandaVision” 40 “Va-va-___!” 41 Editorial overhaul 42 Like a certain

Freudian complex 45 Take on together 46 Developing, say 47 Family-friendly, for

the most part 48 Not go to bed 50 Shakespearean

humor

53 Sees

54 Seize

55 First lady between

Bess and Jackie 57 University of Georgia athletes, to fans 62 “___ Said” (critically acclaimed 2022 biographical drama)

64 Hebrew word

meaning “son of” 65 Psycho-pharmacology inits.