The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 World capital that “wasn’t built in a day” 5 “Dancing

Queen” band 9 Throbs, as sore

muscles 14 Visa competitor, in brief

15 Kind of tide 16 Insult comic’s

event

17 “I will never raise your taxes!” 20 Prepares to propose, perhaps

21 Not worth a

___

22 With 10-Down, humorous film about love 23 Absence noted in vape pen ads

26 “Right away!” 28 “This product changed my life! Five stars!”

33 Word after dial

or muscle 34 When repeated, identifies those responsible 35 “Pretty Woman” actor Richard 36 “Exit” key 37 U.K. sports car,

informally 38 Upper limit 39 “Let’s go

already!” 41 Actor Peter of “M” and “The Man

Who Knew Too Much”

43 Take a break 44 “The dog ate

it!”

47 Word after full, new or harvest 48 Become dizzy

with rapture 49 ___-mo replay 51 Mercy Corps,

e.g., for short 53 Social media

menaces 57 “Isn’t that mindblowing?!” … or a question one might ask about the answers to the italicized clues 61 Lion in “The Chronicles of Narnia” 62 Story of heroes 63 Craft seller’s

site

64 No ___ or

reason

65 When tripled, “you get the idea”

66 What’s tugged

in tug of war

DOWN

1 Spice holder 2 Muscat’s land 3 1996’s “Dancing Baby” might have been the first one to go viral

4 Cost

5 Jennifer of

“Friends” 6 “Ain’t Too Proud to ___” (Temptations hit)

7 Prohibit 8 TikTok and Instagram, for two

9 Excite

10 See 22-Across 11 Toupees, e.g. 12 Canadian gas

brand

13 Part of a rose or a glass of rosé 18 “Thanks ___!” 19 Lions’

sounds

By Benjamin Fink 24 Key of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

25 Comments 27 The “A” of

G.P.A.: Abbr. 28 ___ Kramer, Jerry’s neighbor on “Seinfeld” 29 Exceptionally 30 Sprouted anew 31 Clear of chalk,

say 32 Boohooed 33 Many an engineer’s field, informally 40 “The Matrix” role for Keanu Reeves

41 The last sound in “Keanu,” e.g. 42 Rare things

from far away 43 Trample 45 Claimed a victory, homophonically 46 Pilates target 49 Surgery souvenir, maybe

50 Whip 52 Follow, as

orders

54 Oscar winner

Jared

55 Talk like Sylvester the Cat

56 Eye ailment 58 Sweet potato 59 Org. concerned with emissions 60 Tupperware

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