NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 ___ Newtons (chewy snack)
4 Friendly gathering
10 African grazer
13 Artist/activist Yoko
14 Beginning of a balcony soliloquy
15 “___ that answer your question?”
16 Livestock holders on freight trains
18 Where Des Moines is
19 Not in favor of
20 “That’s hilarious!,” in a text
21 Young fellows
22 Jump
23 Partner of a pepper mill
27 Coffee, slangily
29 Debtors’ notes
30 Soccer game cheer
31 Annual observance for a global organization, for short
34 Stuck-up person
35 “Gotcha”
36 & 38 Symbols of a scandal
... or what 16-, 23-, 47- and 58-Across consist of (in their entirety)? 40 The African elephant has the largest of these among all animals
41 Lemon meringue and banana cream
43 19th-century writer Bret
44 Hotfooted it
45 Medicine tablet
46 Hair goop
47 Stay very far away, as from a hazard
50 It’s clicked on a desktop
54 Have the engine on while parked
55 Long-running CBS drama
56 Guitar clamp
57 Inedible part of a cherry
58 Courses that might have models
61 In addition
62 Christmas songs
63 “___ you kidding me?”
64 Intersected
65 Hams it up
66 Down in the dumps
DOWN
1 ___ point (where lines converge)
2 Laughably stupid
3 Must, informally
4 Note after fa
5 Ominous end of a threat
6 Drink served with marshmallows
7 Poker player’s bold declaration
8 ___ Lingus
9 The “L” of U.C.L.A.
10 One who accepts defeat gracefully
11 “Breaking” update
12 The world’s third-most populous country, after China and India
15 Radio tuner
17 Holders of cash next to cash registers, maybe
21 “___
Misérables”
24 Hammers and sickles
25 Rubik’s ___
26 Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde”
28 Popeye’s Olive ___
31 Consumers
32 Major honor for a univ. sports team
33 Utmost, informally
34 Not moving
35 Font style that the shortcut Ctrl+i activates 37 Large-scale
39 Not just *any*
42 Spider-man adversary who was struck by lightning
45 Opposite of post
46 Car part between the headlights
48 Bug-eyed red Muppet
49 Broad tie
51 Spanish houses
52 “The Magic Flute,” e.g.
53 Pried (into)
57 Uncle associated with the 12-Down
58 Card with a single spot on it
59 “Battering” weapon
60 Doofus