The new york times crossword
ACROSS
1 Sound before
a toast
5 Grin and bare
it!
9 Dorm V.I.P.s 12 Spanish term
of endearment 14 Actor Sharif 15 Nextgeneration releases? 16 Turkish city that lends its name to a species of rabbit, cat and goat 17 Dramatic
honor
18 Start of X-X-X 19 Cousin ___ (“Succession” character) 20 Lead-in to
care
22 Last model in iPod’s product line
24 Speck
25 Aid in selfdefense 26 Musical with the song “It’s the HardKnock Life” 27 Sound of
contentment 28 Industry
bigwig 29 Exchange
words? 30 Expatriate 32 Female whales 35 Nonbasic
characteristic 36 Vehicle with a pedal assist mode
38 Flat, for short 39 Letter-shaped
gasket 41 Sketchy stranger, in slang
44 Juillet to
juillet, e.g. 47 Hunk 49 “___ From the Bridge” (Arthur Miller play)
50 ___ honor 51 Pod producer 52 Multihued bird 53 It might give
you the chills 54 Singer known as the “Queen of New Age” 55 Highway no. 56 Scepter
toppers 59 Treasure 61 Kind of milk 62 Put on 63 Pressure
64 Like sauvignon
blanc 65 Workplaces for some essential workers, in brief
66 Unit of corn
DOWN
1 Accept defeat, in modern parlance … or a hint to entering five answers in this puzzle 2 GIF, e.g. 3 Common
conjunction 4 Ones who don’t want to hear that you’re laying down on the job?
5 Easter eggmaking supply 6 Restaurant
critic’s concern 7 Cry of triumph after a good performance 8 Director
Gerwig
9 Word that retains its meaning when its third letter is removed
Rich Proulx
10 “Levels” D.J.,
2011 11 Scented
pouch 12 Underground
rock?
13 Bit of
progress 21 Event first observed in 1970
23 A daredevil may hit the slopes with it 28 Band with the 1982 hit “I Want Candy” 31 Joint
stockholders? 33 Certain woodwind requirement 34 Certain money
transaction 37 Henry Ford or Nikola
Tesla 40 Emphatic
affirmative 41 Cannon
loader 42 Blockbuster of
2009
43 Hot towel before a meal, say
45 Snap, crackle
and pop 46 Alternative to
wind or solar 48 Lights up 51 Brilliant fish 57 Sturgeon
delicacy 58 [It’s f-ffreezing!] 60 Seek damages
from