The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 Some downloads
5 Eating surface on an airplane
9 Like Roger Federer and Martina Hingis 14 Place where Farsi is spoken 15 Extremely
16 Mixer with gin or vodka
17 Cool, in slang 18 Coyote outfoxer, in cartoons
20 “Get Out” director Jordan
22 Mind, as a warning 23 Word that sounds like its middle letter
24 “Get Out,” for one 26 Raison d’_ _ _ 27 C.E.O.’s reading, maybe, in brief 28 Extremely
29 Sea between Turkey and Greece 31 Votes in favor
33 Kind of tide that lifts all boats 36 Beverage brand whose first mascot was Willy the Hillbilly 40 Facebook status 41 Frontiersman Crockett 44 Incendiary jelly used in the Vietnam War
47 CPR provider 50 Mauna _ _ _ (Hawaiian volcano)
51 Periods of time 52 Part of San Diego that’s home to its zoo
56 _ _ _ Lingus 57 Symbol of stubbornness 58 North, south, east or west
59 Bumpy beginning … or a hint to
18-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across
62 Remove excess verbiage, e.g. 64 Cause fuzzy vision in
65 Cookie in the shape of its first and last letters 66 Pasta sauce brand 67 1945 meeting place for F.D.R., Churchill and Stalin
68 One of the Rice Krispies mascots 69 Condescending sort DOWN 1 Assist
2 Pop the question 3 Printing predicament 4 Contemptuous smile
5 Matador
6 Greek letter that looks like a “P” 7 Component of a sake bomb, often 8 Communication during peak times?
9 Macho sort
10 Took the checkered flag 11 From nature, not nurture
12 Letter after Romeo in the NATO alphabet 13 Basketball play 19 Brexit opponent’s vote
21 Word after odd or job
24 Route: Abbr. 25 Strength
26 Urged (on)
30 Wrap up
32 Places to nap 34 Fleming who created James Bond 35 Lesser-played part of a record, usually
37 Internet address, for short
38 Kind of cloud that may bring precipitation
39 Like most characters in “Black Panther” 42 Hitchcock movie or U2 song
43 Talk one’s head off 44 Close at hand 45 Colored part of the iris
46 Part of UPS 48 Beatles-like hairdo 49 Chinese “path” 53 Choral section 54 Come to understand
55 Jetties
57 Gore Vidal’s “___ Breckinridge”
60 Kit _ _ _ bar 61 Stephen of “The Crying Game”
63 Bath site