The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Arid Mongolian

expanse 5 Forensics facility at

Quantico, Va. 11 Driver’s guide,

for short 14 Mireille ___, co-star of AMC’s “The

Killing”

15 Yale,

to alums 16 Muscle worked by a kettlebell swing, informally 17 “This is

payback!” 19 Manipulate 20 N.F.L. Hall-ofFamer

Dawson 21 “Hold your

horses!” 22 Cheese in a

Greek salad 23 Winning

25 City that’s home to the Anne Frank

House

27 Teri of “Mr.

Mom”

28 ___ punk (fusion genre with Jamaican rhythms) 29 Toilette

water

30 Bit of firepit

debris

31 Bull with a horn, informally 33 “Silence!” 37 The Thinker

and others 39 ___ 500 (NASCAR’s “Super Bowl”) 41 German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish 42 “Ripped” 44 Destination on a fast-food lover’s bucket list?

45 “Knives Out” actress de Armas 47 Constitutional initiative passed in ’72 but never ratified

48 Selfdescription for many an expert hobbyist 49 Desk item

that’s shaken 53 Linger 54 Countess’s

counterpart 55 Actress Bonet 56 “___ House” (1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young hit) Fright ___ (gag

item)

Instant … hinted at four times in this puzzle’s circled letters

Señora Perón Grimm sister One of 24

Kylo ___ of

“Star Wars” Bullfighter

CPR specialists 57 58 62 63 64 65

66 67

DOWN

1 ___-X

2 The Yoko of

“Oh Yoko!” 3 Headgear for Laurel or Hardy

4 “Cross my

heart!”

5 Jump ___ joy 6 Displayed affection from across the

room, say 7 He’s got

notions

8 Some jeans 9 Small building

wing 10 Container for

recycling 11 Stuck together,

in a way 12 Spaghetti, e.g. 13 Emission from a whistling kettle

18 Bitter ___ 22 Peach or

persimmon

By Alex Eaton-Salners

23 Audibly

astonished 24 Undue hurry 26 Rapper on 1988’s “Straight Outta Compton” 28 “___ Drives Me Crazy” (Fine Young Cannibals hit) 31 Having misgivings about

32 Shoe insert 34 Part of a house

that might have a full house 35 Surmise 36 Exhibiting poor

taste

38 Big drag on a fishing expedition? 40 In the style of 43 Place to get a

cookie, maybe 46 Yearly honor awarded for each N.F.L. position 48 Lacking grace and refinement 49 Ninja turtle

hangout 50 Unwise to the ways of the world

51 Hymn player 52 Edmonton

athlete 53 Piggy, in a

nursery rhyme 58 Pepper or

Friday: Abbr. 59 ___-mo 60 Bolt’s

counterpart 61 A.M.A. members: Abbr.