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 Next-generation

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

self-defense 26 Musical with the song “It’s the Hard-Knock 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 egg-making 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 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-f-freezing!] 60 Seek damages

from