The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Kit Kat component Heal (over) “Ruler,” in Quechua 14 Words before

“darned” 15 What ice cream and hearts may do 16 Transport up a

bunny hill 17 Investigative journalist and civil rights pioneer who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P. 19 Some bunts, in

brief 20 Exhaust 21 Boiling

sensation 22 California’s “Eureka,” for one

23 Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote “Go

Tell It on the Mountain” 28 Language in which “eleven” is “once” 30 One way to

crack

31 Holiday pie

flavor 32 Automated

tweeter

33 Ribs serving 37 “___ away!” 38 W.W. II-era campaign that helped usher in the civil rights movement … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle 42 Letter after phi 43 Make a pit stop at a punk show? 45 Bodybuilding

supplement co. 46 Interrupt, as at

a dance

48 Rank above a

viscount 50 Road flare, e.g. 6 10 52 African American who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for valorous service in W.W. II 56 “Star Wars” beeper, informally 57 Nest egg inits. 58 Transcript stat 61 When repeated, a sport fish 62 Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard Manipulates Whimper Waze way Trimester, e.g. ___-bitsy Many, informally 66 67 68 69 70 71

DOWN

1 Consoles whose controllers have wrist straps 2 Hawkeye’s player on “M*A*S*H” 3 Griddle goodies 4 Beach retreat? 5 Give juice to 6 Enemy org. in

Bond novels 7 Big name 8 “That’s ___ she

wrote”

9 K-pop

megastars 10 “We’re

through!” 11 Where to see Timberwolves battle Grizzlies 12 Mojave flora 13 Crime of

combustion 18 Competes (for) 22 G.P.s, e.g.

By Sean iebarth

24 Actress de

Armas

25 Yours might be

made up 26 Off-base, in a

way

27 Lo-cal,

perhaps

28 ___ folder 29 Durango dough 32 Original

“Fleabag” airer 34 Throwing a

tantrum, say 35 Facial feature that many characters on “The Simpsons” lack

36 “___ me!”

(checkers cry) 39 Fairy tale

baddie

40 Silver State

sch. 41 Bygone home theater components 44 Selfless

courage 47 Popular card

game

49 In the past 50 Like a songbird 51 Hardly any 52 Full spectrum 53 Clear the board 54 ___ half

(partner) 55 Peak perks 59 The stones in

stone fruits 60 On the briny 62 Keydets’ sch. 63 Screen, as a

candidate 64 “www”

address

65 Cry that might make you jump