Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

No. 1214

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Semiliquid stuff 5 South Asian 9 Darling

14 Prefix with science 15 The ugly

duckling’s mother 16 Site of a WWI battle that saved Paris from capture 17 Chili ingredient­s 19 Pass

20 Drink with foam 21 Only country with a nonrectang­ular flag

23 Greek letter used to represent magnetic flux 24 Painting by van Gogh during his time in an asylum 26 Three wise men 28 Part of a newborn’s schedule 29 Affirmativ­e vote 31 Giving a hand? 32 A lot

34 “A Man Called ___”

(Tom Hanks film) 35 Oft-used phrase during Zoom meetings ... or the reason for the misunderst­andings at 17-, 26-, 50and 60-Across? 39 Laptop brand 41 “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” 42 Vehicle at the center of the Hindu festival Ratha Yatra 46 “The Marvelous

___ Maisel” 47 Health legislatio­n

of 2010, in brief 50 Note after la 52 Discolor from age 54 “Groovy!” 55 Snoops around 57 Indian tonal drum 58 Battery terminal 60 Predatory

freshwater fish 62 Parking spot at a bar? 63 Hydrox competitor 64 Combo meal choice 65 Carvings named for the first man in Maori mythology 66 Beginning

67 GPS’ guesses

DOWN

1 Frightenin­g Halloween costume

2 Pro golfer Mark 3 How detectives might start their investigat­ion

4 Ice cream units 5 “Spring forward”

hrs.

6 Brother of Logan Roy on “Succession” 7 Setting of “The

Crucible” 8 Stamping need 9 Aviator Earhart 10 Grandma, to

Brits

11 The lead in

pencils, actually 12 Charm

13 First Disney song to reach the top 5 on Billboard in the 21st century 18 “Bye!”

22 Dating app info 25 Scorch the surface of 27 Features of spoiled milk 30 Ending with Power 32 Peter who was the first actor to play a Bond villain

33 A call for help 35 Collection of senior

moments?

36 ___ de plume 37 Notable lamb

owner

38 Knocks over 39 “Don’t wait!,” in

ads

40 Wine from

Tuscany

43 Urges to action 44 Necessity for some Venetian transport

45 Yoga position on one’s head and hands

47 Even though 48 Rum cocktail 49 Comes to 51 Actress

Knightley 53 Memory glitch 56 Twist

59 “___ want to

know?”

61 Long, long time

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