The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Break down

fully

8 They might

help with the dishes 15 Adage attributed to Virgil’s “Eclogue X” 17 Not be completely open with everyone, to put it mildly 18 Letters seen on N.F.L. scoreboards between 1995 and 2015 19 Unless, to a

lawyer

20 Kids’ rhyme

starter

21 “___ sight” 23 “Fiddlesticks!” 26 4.92892 ml 27 Where to see license plates that say “Greatest Snow on Earth” 28 Encrusts 30 Gray, in a way 31 Alternative to

an autocamp 33 Exam where 100 is not a perfect score 35 Dreaded words from a teacher 36 Stew over, say 37 Loses

41 Crown topper 43 Prepares to

take off 44 Sacked out 47 Car with opensource patents 49 Org. that was the subject of a 2021 Supreme Court antitrust ruling 50 Maude’s widower on “The Simpsons” 51 Minimal

change 52 Palindromic

title 54 Traditional 20th wedding anniversary gift 56 Goddess of

fertility 58 Chill 60 Mantra in the face of criticism Conceitedly

dogmatic Cause for

concern

What father

knows best? 64 65 66

DOWN

1 Pandora

releases

2 Like some

confrontations 3 Judge

4 ___ school 5 Defeatist’s

wail

6 Group of

signs

7 Nephew of

Cain and Abel 8 Difficulty 9 Member of the order Anguilliformes 10 Something to

believe in 11 Man is one 12 Puts on

a coat 13 Mischief-prone 14 Somnolent

16 “I just need to know this one

thing …” 22 Like many crossword puzzles (though not this one)

By Evans Clinchy

24 Spin, as old

yarn?

25 Deploy 27 Speakers’

hesitations 29 Aces, of a sort 30 Within reach 32 Canadian band with the 1999 top 10 hit “Steal My Sunshine” 34 Boomer that went bust, in brief

38 Really dig 39 The sun’s is approximately 865,370 miles 40 Govt. org. since

1946

42 Cleared one’s

cookies? 44 Something that’s thrown out while using it

45 Act one’s age 46 Minced words,

say

48 Key of

Beethoven’s “Für Elise” 51 Winter air 53 The crane pose,

for one 55 Squishy

material 57 Short cut 59 What some dropouts go on to get,

in brief

61 Rest area 62 ___ economy 63 Baleful?

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