NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 1860s presidential
nickname
4 Ploy
8 Montreal’s rapid
transit system 13 Disadvantage 14 Côte d’___
(French Riviera) 15 Sign in a gift shop around Mother’s Day, maybe
16 Like 2023, but not
2022
17 Royalties from Stevie’s “Superstition”? 19 Vega’s
constellation 21 Super-skinny ties 22 Geological period 23 Royalties from Neil’s
“Heart of Gold”? 26 Indonesian resort
destination
27 More metallicsounding 28 Prevents from
escaping 30 Chicago trains 31 Kind of diagram 33 Light bulb units 34 Royalties from Tom’s
“Free Fallin’”? 37 Colorado city
known for skiing 40 “___: Legacy”
(2010 sci-fi movie) 41 Whopping
44 Gives a hand of cards 47 Utter foolishness 49 Life ___ (flotation
device)
50 Royalties from Barry’s “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”? 52 QB’s mistake:
Abbr.
53 Garlic mayo spread 54 Lively dance at a
Jewish wedding 55 Royalties for any
musician?
59 Back muscle,
informally 60 Fidelity alternative,
for investors 61 Innocent sort 62 Gobbled
63 Slowly leaks 64 “Being ___: A Puppeteer’s Journey” (2011 documentary) 65 Color of 64-Across
DOWN
1 One who might light altar candles in a religious ceremony 2 Hydrating skin
product
3 Evasive strategies on the football field
4 Uncooked 5 Emmy-winning
actress Aduba 6 Tanned and then
some
7 Urgent care pro 8 Crowds of
rowdies
9 Goof
10 Whence dawn
breaks 11 Illuminated from
behind
12 Appoints as
a minister 15 Slushy summer drink portmanteau 18 Fraternal order named for an animal 20 Journalist
Curry
24 Starting
assumptions 25 Borscht
ingredient
26 Not much to write
home about 29 “Oh, dang!” 32 WSJ competitor 34 Attack, as with
snowballs
35 Kind of thinking 36 First-class 37 Provides
mentorship 38 What an asterisk
might mean 39 Land for grazing 41 Like magnets 42 Go over again 43 Danced like Elvis 45 Doubly
46 “Pick me!
Pick me!” 48 Slangy turndown 51 “The L Word” co-creator ___ Chaiken 53 Contributes 56 Midday refresher 57 Korea’s ___
Jong Un
58 Bay Area airport
code