NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 On point

4 Lots and lots 9 Cubist Picasso 14 She/___ 15 Something to

live by 16 Baseball’s alltime R.B.I. leader 17 “It’s super-cozy, and a breeze to clean!”

20 Site for sponges 21 Advertiser of the Year award, e.g. 22 Shakespearean

schemer

23 “You can cancel that gym membership!” 26 Mild yellow

cheese

27 No one in

particular 28 Symbol in the center of the Japanese flag 29 Tiny “tiny”? 30 Says yes silently 31 Painter’s coat 35 Sch. with the mascot Mike the Tiger

36 Simile’s center 37 Tuba sound 39 Jon M. ___, director of “Crazy Rich Asians” 40 Winning 42 Discretion 43 Cereal staple 44 Word on Italian

street signs 46 Exist 47 “Practical” thing 48 “The space has endless possibilities!” 53 Eclipse, to some 54 Undecided 55 Onetime “divorce capital” of the U.S. 56 Source of the euphemisms found in the clues for 17-, 23and 48-Across 60 Like the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars 61 In the slightest 62 ___ engr. 63 Indian tea

region

64 Hawks

65 Gold stds.

Down

1 Sounds of relief 2 Place for cultural studies?

3 Fair market

price, say

4 Not flexible 5 Top of the

ladder, in brief 6 1997 horror film with the tagline “When you can’t breathe, you can’t scream” 7 Moves into position, as troops 8 A step up,

perhaps 9 Comforting

gesture 10 Creator of Christopher Robin

11 Take ten 12 Usual

beginning? 13 Winning 18 Consider 19 Noisy squabbles 23 Bloke

24 Only landlocked country in Southeast Asia 25 Zero

30 You can’t get

lower than this 32 Low-cut T-shirt

feature

33 Seal the deal 34 Like the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 37 Part of PG

38 Big name in

laptops

41 “Anne of Green

Gables” town 42 Something usually found in brackets

45 P.M. times 47 Form of

attachment? 48 Where Gandalf declares “You shall not pass!” 49 Cries of

agreement 50 Clothes that may come ripped

51 Little bits 52 Eurasian range 57 “Uhh ...” 58 Plumber’s joint 59 Array in an

electronics store