The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Rounds out, as

an event 5 Sound of a cake hitting the floor, frosting first 10 Gush (over), as

to gain favor 14 Plant watcher,

for short 15 Reluctant 16 Designer

Saab

17 Wins the Hunger

Games, e.g. 19 Young newts 20 Annual pageant winner

21 –

22 Maker of

Z-cars, once 23 Hoover rival 25 Online handle 28 Like the “5” of

“5 & 10” 33 Maine university town 34 Repellent

spray 37 Coleridge’s “The ___

Harp”

39 One requested by disgruntled customers: Abbr.

40 Bard’s “before” 41 See 30-Down 42 Common street name in

suburbia 43 Fish with a

long snout 44 Mexico has 31

of these 45 “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” artist

46 Go haywire 48 Have as a

tenant 50 One of the Eternals, in Marvel comics 52 Insurance giant acquired by CVS in 2018 56 Followers of the largest denomination of Islam 57 Labor group for

athletes

62 –

63 Top-shelf 64 Supersharp 66 Actress Kunis of “Family Guy”

“Thumbs up

from me!”

Sea eagle Rustic verse Steady looks Wine category 67

68 69 70 71

DOWN

1 Classic pink

cocktail

2 Up and about 3 Terrible twos,

e.g. 4 Surrenders 5 Ukrainian, for

one

6 Neighbor of a

Ukrainian 7 Hideout 8 Off-roaders,

for short

9 Grp. established by 1992’s Maastricht Treaty 10 Bottom ___ 11 Car whose logo features a coiled green serpent 12 With full

knowledge 13 Puccini aria popularized by Pavarotti 18 “Only joking!,”

to a texter

24 –

Max Chen Lauring

26 Acoustic

measure

27 –

29 Result of

a rift

30 With

41-Across, a celestial event … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle 31 Top-shelf 32 What avocados don’t do until they’re picked 34 Catastrophic weather event potentially caused by a meteor crash 35 Spiderlike 36 “Yes, of

course” 38 Brief second? 41 Bruins legend,

to fans 45 Receives an anesthetic, perhaps 47 Open, as a

tomb

49 Button on a

scale

51 Herb unit

53 Un gato grande 54 Incessantly 55 Much of Chile 58 ___ land 59 Ansari of “Master of None” 60 Harness

61 You are, in

Spanish

63 –

65 –