The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Part of a

Tibetan leader’s title

6 San Luis ___,

Calif.

12 Catch in

the act 15 Official

decree 16 Polishing

aids

17 Park in Manhattan, e.g.: Abbr. 18 Disciple of

Haile Selassie, informally

19 As part of a performing duo in 1991; as a solo artist in 2021

21 What might help someone get a leg up? 23 “Cool!”

24 Take home

25 As part of a band in 1998; as a solo artist in 2019

27 Put on staff 28 Vessel that’s a homophone of 24-Across 29 Get ___ on

(ace)

30 “Place” on a Monopoly board

32 Lowest pitches

in chords

36 One end of a

battery

37 As part of a songwriting duo in 1990; as a solo artist in 2021

40 Really got to 43 “Rule” stating that the number of transistors per microchip doubles every two years 47 Brit who wrote “The Vanishing Half” 50 Meadow 51 Former

Giants QB Manning 52 Understanding

of a situation 53

With 60-Across, institution in which 19-, 25and 37-Across are (thus far) the only three women ever to be inducted twice “Waterloo” group 58 Acronym that might be shouted before a rash act 59 Heavens on

earth

60 See 53-Across 63 “So sad” 65 Serving from a

tap

66 Laughed loudly 67 Janelle who sang 2010’s “Tightrope” 68 There are about five of these in a tsp.

69 Way off base 70 Strict 57

German article 2019 sci-fi film whose title means “to the stars”

3 Lends an ear 4 Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play 5 Architectural style started, strangely, in England 6 Canadian Thanksgiving mo.

7 Russian

pancakes

8 Kind of chemical

bond

9 Shelving area in

a library

10 Part of a water quality evaluation 11 Buckeye State

sch. 12 Vancouver

Island city 13 Contended 14 ___ mountain dog (breed named for its origins near the Swiss capital)

1 2

DOWN

By Josh Goodman

20 Installs again, as a painting 22 Kind of sax 25 Hoagie

26 Grp. known as OTAN in France

31 Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize 33 Skeleton that’s no longer in the closet? 34 Stately tree 35 Concern for online advertisers, for short 38 Caffeinecontaining nut 39 Goddess of

peace

40 Isaac’s father,

in the Bible 41 Game with a

bat

42 Gives

permission 44 Proud and

regal

45 Like some casts

or teams 46 Actor

Wheaton 48 Strive to

achieve

49 Over the

bounds 54 Composer

Schumann 55 Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) 56 Transfer, as a

tulip

61 It’s unrefined 62 Summer hrs. in

Pittsburgh 64 Japanese

currency