NY Times Puzzle No. 0822
ACROSS
1 1860s presidential nickname
4 Ploy
8 Montreal’s rapid
transit system
13 Disadvantage
14 Côte d’___
(French Riviera)
15 Sign in a gift shop around Mother’s Day, maybe
16 Like 2023, but
not 2022
17 Royalties from Stevie’s “Superstition”?
19 Vega’s
constellation
21 Super-skinny ties
22 Geological period
23 Royalties from Neil’s “Heart of Gold”?
26 Indonesian resort
destination 27 More metallicsounding
28 Prevents from
escaping
30 Chicago trains
31 Kind of diagram
33 Light bulb units
34 Royalties from Tom’s “Free Fallin’”?
37 Colorado city
known for skiing
40 “___: Legacy” (2010 sci-fi movie)
41 Whopping
44 Gives a hand of
cards
47 Utter foolishness
49 Life ___ (flotation
device)
50 Royalties from Barry’s “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”?
52 QB’s mistake:
Abbr.
53
54
55
59
Garlic mayo spread
Lively dance at a Jewish wedding
Royalties for any musician?
Back muscle, informally
60 Fidelity alternative, for investors
61
62
63
64
65
Innocent sort
Gobbled
Slowly leaks
“Being ___: A Puppeteer’s Journey” (2011 documentary)
Color of 64-Across
DOWN
1 One who might light altar candles in a religious ceremony
2 Hydrating skin
product
3 Evasive strategies on the football field
4 Uncooked
5 Emmy-winning
actress Aduba
6 Tanned and
then some
7 Urgent care pro
8 Crowds of
rowdies
9 Goof
10 Whence dawn
breaks
11 Illuminated from
behind
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12 Appoints as a
minister
15 Slushy summer drink portmanteau
18 Fraternal order named for an animal
20
24
Journalist Curry
Starting assumptions
25 Borscht
ingredient
26 Not much to
write home about
29 “Oh, dang!”
32 W.S.J. competitor
34 Attack, as with
snowballs
35 Kind of thinking
36 First-class
37 Provides
mentorship
38 What an asterisk
might mean
39 Land for grazing
41 Like magnets
42
Go over again 43 Danced like
Elvis
45 Doubly
46 “Pick me! Pick
me!”
48 Slangy turndown
51 “The L Word” co-creator ___ Chaiken
53 Contributes
56 Midday refresher
57 Korea’s ___ Jong
Un
58 Bay Area airport
code