NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Prefix with particle 5 Assess, with “up”
9 Lustful
14 Device for Arachne, in Greek myth 15 Corporation that acquired the Gateway computer hardware company in 2007 16 Antipasto bit 17 Smooth, in a way
18 Disruptive moviegoers, perhaps 20 Buckeyehawkeyeyellowhammer 22 Espouse
23 Spec for computer cables
24 Part of some Arabic names 27 Pine Treecornhuskersunflower 33 Windy City airport code 34 Mold for a castle, maybe 35 Buddhist scripture 36 There’s one every second 38 Hammock composition, perhaps
41 Sweetheart
42 “To repeat …” 44 Stat on a baseball card 46 Some colas
47 Green Mountaintreasure-last Frontier
51 Put the kibosh on
52 “Well, I’ll be!” 53 Do crew
54 U.S. geographical grouping … or a hint to 20-, 27and 47-Across 60 Cocktail made with gin, soda, lemon juice and sugar
63 Easy victory 64 Covid test components 65 Patsy Cline, for one
66 Feature of many a beehive
67 How ham might be served 68 Spotted
69 Infernal river
DOWN
1 As well
2 Rider of the lost ark?
3 Nobelist Morrison 4 “Sounds like a plan!”
5 Place to pick some vegetables? 6 Suffix with period
7 Greek letter
(but not the last one)
8 Deity born from Chaos
9 What cats ride around on in some internet videos 10 ___ mater
11 Never: Ger.
12 Smart TV feature 13 “Excellent!” 19 Wine container in a Poe title
21 Tear a lot
24 Butterflyattracting flowers 25 Presidential first name
26 Chant for the Dream Team 27 Whodunit plot element
28 Like a phoenix from the ashes 29 Item checked by a bouncer 30 Home to Maracanã Stadium
31 Greek letter (definitely not the last one) 32 Well-used pencil, say
37 “Sex and the City” actress Cattrall 39 Aachen article 40 Begins
43 Flower with a caninesounding name 45 Fruity liqueur base 48 Astrophysicist ___ degrasse Tyson
49 Units of magnetic flux density
50 Oscar and Edgar
54 Dairy Queen competitor 55 Tessellation piece
56 A couple of chips, perhaps 57 Turnip or beet 58 Primetime ___ 59 Ne plus ultra 60 General name on a menu 61 Have free and clear
62 Scratch