NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bit of strategy 7 Painting technique used in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”
14 Good as gold, and others? 15 High-m.p.g. vehicle
16 One having a certain video chat
17 This just in! 18 What happens while you’re busy making other plans, it’s said
19 Italian architect Ponti
21 ___ and
Ole (stock characters in Upper Midwest jokes) 22 Revolution around o sol 23 Makers of parts 25 Be present 28 Expression of support 30 Expression of contempt
31 One who might meet with angels, for short
32 Things used by star witnesses? 38 Meet somebody you’ve heard lots about 39 Creator’s leeway
40 Jill Biden ___ Jacobs
41 Mauna ___
42 Something found after many years? 43 Fencing sport with bamboo swords
46 Film composer Morricone 48 Seat occupier, for short
51 Stylish
53 Like 2021
54 It has its faults, informally 55 Club’s premier venue
58 Bring aboard, sci-fi-style 60 How many Amish barns are raised 61 Robinhood competitor 62 Patronized, in a way 63 Indenting aid
DOWN
1 Producer of 15-Acrosses 2 Oscar nominee for “Argo” 3 Narcissist’s ploy 4 It’s on a roll 5 Follower of Mccarthy 6 Boatload
7 Levin who wrote “The Stepford Wives”
8 Team with “Mr.” and “Mrs.” mascots 9 Irritant
10 Appropriate
11 What Grand Canyon tourists enjoy
12 Large marble 13 Choice words 15 Capital of every country?
20 Dolt
23 James Beard award winners 24 Northernmost part of the
?U.K.
26 “___ legit” 27 “Lovely ___ You” (song by the Moody Blues) 29 Flavoring of Cedilla liqueur 32 Defeat soundly, slangily
33 Setting for a blender
34 Pic on a pec, ?say
35 Amour de ___ (self-love: Fr.)
36 Equatorial plantation crop 37 Force on Earth, in brief
44 “Go, and catch ?a falling star” poet
45 Stop here ___ (traffic sign) 47 “Intuition tells me …”
49 Sidestep
50 Lab tube 52 Diminutive master of film 54 Potato or pasta, informally
55 Prefix with century
56 What Friday ?has, unlike any other day of the week?
57 ___ of This Swirled (Ben & Jerry’s flavor) 59 Pilot’s info, for short