The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Beat in chess 5 Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a sword duel 10 Classic Jumbotron shout-out 14 Frost

15 Takes a bit off 16 Certain newspaper column

17 Boot

18 Sorna y Nublar, en “Jurassic Park”

19 Long locks 20 Educator in a

smock

22 Figure seen on Athena’s shield 23 Thumbs-up 24 Skim

26 Bit of lettershaped hardware 28 Rangers’

domain 32 Thoroughbred,

e.g.

36 FedEx Cup

organizer 37 ___ of war 38 Bluish hues 40 Muslim leaders 41 “A Promised

Land” author, 2020

43 Get into trouble, in a way

45 Grassy

expanse 46 Some drinking

vessels

48 Kind of zone in

a city

50 1948 Literature

Nobelist 52 Youngest player to score in the FIFA World Cup

(age 17) 53 Two-word

tribute 55 Bottle topper 59 Profession in

an O’Neill title 62 What “should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy,” per Noël Coward

Declare

Kid-lit character with a green suit and gold crown Midrange club Award-winning

Ward

Chess : check ::

go : ___ “Pretty

please?” Geekish

Fixes

Big name in

printers 64 65 66 67

68 69

70 71 72

DOWN

1 Now: Sp. 2 Talks up 3 Some bridge

positions 4 Leader of the house band on “The Muppet Show” 5 Low-budget

feature

6 Like decisions made on a

dare, typically 7 “Stormy Weather” composer 8 Learn

secondhand 9 Either end of a

school bus? 10 Side that usually has the most supporters 11 Device used in interactive museum displays 12 What a “hamburger button” opens 13 Dedicated

works

Oliver Roeder

21 Reader’s

jotting, e.g. 22 Reader’s jottings … or a hint to this

puzzle’s theme 25 Fancy-pants 27 Title derived

from “Caesar” 29 Most of a

sugar cane 30 Marisa of “In

the Bedroom” 31 Writer Sontag 32 Underway 33 Some salads 34 French

“equivalent” 35 Gusto

39 Dot on a

subway map 42 Dissolve 44 Scan options for the claustrophobic 47 Kind of milk or

sauce

49 Put on sale,

say

51 So far 54 Densely packed, in a way 56 Under-the-sink

fixture 57 Animals depicted on the Ishtar

Gate

58 Film composer

Morricone 59 Tried

something? 60 At any time 61 The blue part of blue cheese 63 About .914

meters 65 “Pow!”