NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The class of ’26 in
’24, say
6 Its approval is often sought, in brief
9 Sit on the throne 14 Evidence that one is going into labor?
16 Result
17 Unlikely patron of
a vegan restaurant 18 High-level advisers 19 Make do
20 Unfold, as a series
of events
22 Beside
25 Sudden
contraction
26 ___ Gorbachev, former Soviet first lady
29 Toddler on “Family
Guy”
33 Astonishes 37 Clearing, as device
storage
38 Fish in a dragon roll 39 Tanner’s applications
42 Org. in the Oscarwinning documentary “Citizenfour” 43 Armada ship 45 Unscripted
comedy
47 French region known for its rieslings
50 1978 Nobel Peace
Prize recipient 51 Deserved
comeuppance 54 Enterprise
Holdings holding 57 Science fiction concept depicted three times in this puzzle
62 “Yo”
63 Big name in digital
documents
64 War of words, in a
sense 67 Opportunity on
Mars, e.g.
68 Is yet to come 69 Zippers on a
snowy day 70 Bartender’s serving, perhaps 71 Orchestra section
DOWN
1 Word of distinction
on a diploma
2 7’1” four-time NBA
champion 3 Cylinders like the 20,000+ housed in London’s Musical Museum 4 Not chilly, like chili 5 Forte and Strong once
worked on it, for short 6 Bean in Egyptian
cuisine 7 Bottom-of-thebarrel material 8 One who sells space
or time, informally 9 Find another
person to play 10 Chemical kickstarters 11 Aoki of golf
12 Wise guy
13 What Tupperware
containers do, helpfully 15 Admit (to)
21 Sixth notes? 23 Scot’s refusal 24 ___ Scouts
27 ___ Paulo
28 Opera piece
30 One getting into a
cab, perhaps 31 “Not ___ many words” 32 Jennifer who wrote “A Visit From the Goon Squad” 33 Gaming company with
the Yakuza franchise 34 Recover
35 ___ Seok-jin of
K-pop’s BTS 36 Soaks (up)
40 Org. sued by the State of New York in 2020
41 Club mixer
44 Salt flat, once 46 ___-de-Marne
(French department) 48 Indulges, with “to” 49 Stray
52 Actress Sokoloff of
“The Practice” 53 Be of use
55 Disney title role for Liu Yifei
56 Takes in the paper? 57 Besmirches 58 More than a favorite 59 “Don’t just sit there!” 60 Bit of sporting gear with a bell guard 61 Scale abbr. 65 “I’m in heaven!” sound
66 E’en if