The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Lightly box
5 Ukr. and Lith., once 9 Word used in place of “chapter” in “A Christmas Carol” 14 Soldier of Sauron 15 Runaway
16 Like the function f(x) = x3
17 ___ sort 18 Suppositions 19 “Euphoria” channel
20 “___ but a scratch” (Monty Python quote) 21 Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, etc. 22 Inject (with) 23 Alumni divs. 24 Consume, with
“of”
26 Triage team member
28 Awkward radio silence
33 With 39- and 44-Across, dramatic work depicted in this puzzle’s grid
36 Part two of a three-step bottle instruction 37 Shortening, for short
39 See 33-Across
41 Grp. that sends you a card for your 50th birthday
42 Kind of wrench 44 See 33-Across 46 Beyond clean 48 Certain still-life figures 50 Brain-enhancing device used by Professor X
53 _ _ _-weekly
55 Tear
58 Suffix with cyclo59 ___ Love, Utah’s first Black congressperson 60 Steely Dan, e.g. 61 Close relative, briefly
62 ___ and leaves 63 Was brought back out for airing 64 Notoriously difficult chem class
65 Wheel track
66 “The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war,” as Lincoln supposedly said
67 Structure put together by a crane
68 Car trip pastime
DOWN
1 Like Santa after entering a house, perhaps
2 The spinners? 3 What the Avengers do
4 “His Master’s Voice” co. 5 Popular hot sauce 6 Up to now 7 Reddish-brown 8 Blvds.
9 Bagel topping
10 Ice cream container
11 Father of, in Arabic 12 Feeling in the room 13 Prefix with tourist 21 Derek Walcott’s “Omeros,” for one 22 1950s prez 25 Opportunity for a service break 27 Renaissance artist Albrecht
29 Steak ___
30 Eleven plus two and twelve plus one, e.g.
31 It’s south of Leb. 32 What one is known for, informally 34 Daisy Mae’s man, in old comics 35 Scrappy-_ _ _ (cartoon dog) 37 Some toy batteries 38 Cousin of a club 40 Dance featuring jerky arm movements
43 “Well played!” 45 Exultant cry
47 “Life of Pi” director
49 Goof
51 French 101 verb 52 Naval jails 54 Delectable
55 Type of animal fat 56 In favor of 57 Bone-chilling
60 Salk and Pepper, in brief
61 Sixth U.S. president vis-à -vis the second, e.g. 62 Illusionist Geller