The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Prepared, with “up”

7 Snake in ancient Egyptian art 10 Crowdsourced map app

14 Final syllable of a word, in linguistics 15 Singer Rawls 16 Wide-eyed with wonder 17 Oxymoronic stage name for the D.J. Norman Cook 19 Puddle-jumper? 20 “Phooey!,” to Shakespeare 21 Frontiersman Wyatt

22 Admit, with “up” 23 Rashida Jones’s role on “Parks and Recreation” 25 Unquestioning followers, in slang 27 First three words famously said by Kamala Harris to Joe Biden upon winning the 2020 election

30 Gradually increased 33 Hard-to-find game cards, in collector’s lingo 35 “Am I the problem here?” 36 Reverberate

39 In ___ words 41 Sound likely not made by a Tyrannosaurus rex, despite what

“Jurassic Park” would have you believe

42 Welcomed at the door

44 Streaming service rebranded with the suffix Max in 2020

46 Fragrance 48 Singularity 52 Gentleman: Sp. 54 “The Simpsons” storekeeper

55 Vodka brand that sounds like a toast 57 Reassuring words after a fall

58 ___ Jose, Calif. 59 “Ple-e-e-ease?” 60 Ones with minority views 64 Oodles

65 Before, poetically 66 Act as a gobetween

67 Icy hazard at sea 68 When doubled, a 2010s dance fad 69 Object represented visually twice in this puzzle

DOWN

1 Belly laugh

2 Julia Louis-Dreyfus role on “Seinfeld” 3 Go to

4 ___-eye steak 5 Punk offshoot 6 Word with latter or red-letter

7 Deity of Islam 8 Fancy evening party

9 Lifted weights, informally 10 Breakfast appliance

11 Shook on

12 Places where you might find okapis and gnus (besides crossword puzzles!)

13 ___ Benedict 18 Six-line stanza 24 Vaccine approver, in brief 26 Newspaper parts: Abbr.

28 Debris from welding or power drilling

29 Heavy metal band whose name includes an actual heavy metal 31 Actress Thurman 32 According to 34 Movie theater reproof 36 Mentalist’s power

37 Third letter in an alphabet song 38 Judge Judy title 40 Kindle purchases 43 Birth control option, for short 45 “I hadn’t thought of it that way”

47 New York city where Mark Twain is buried

49 Enter gingerly, as a hot tub

50 Few and far between

51 Slowly phase out, in lingo

53 “Look for yourself” 55 It may cover a cut 56 Feminist Millett who popularized the concept of the patriarchy

61 Stately tree 62 Actress Long

63 @, as a verb