NY Times Puzzle No. 0228

ACROSS

1 What Professor Moriarty was a professor of

5 Some lunchbox

sammies

9 Abrasive

14 “O.G. Original

Gangster” rapper

15 McFlurry flavor

16 Walled city near

Madrid

17 Just like ___

18 Grant consideration, sometimes

19 Hell of a guy?

20 Things with hardware and software components

23 Quickly join a

call, with “on”

24 Infantry

members, in brief

25 In the style of

26 Bunny first appearing in “Space Jam” (1996) 28 Bit of attire that sends the message “I mean business!”

33 Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novel

36

Big letters in home security

37 Methods

38 One of the

Mannings

39

Societal troubles

40 Many a Monopoly

property: Abbr.

41

Participation dance in which you “turn yourself around”

44 Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award

47 Captain von Trapp’s betrothed, in “The Sound of Music”

48 Rapper Lil ___ X 49 Cause of wear

and tear

50 Command

centers, for short

53 The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across

59 Entered speedily

60 Ending of “The

Bachelor”?

61 “___ you vera much!” (punny valentine)

62 Standing up

63 Suit material?

64 “I’ll ___”

65 Full of the latest

66 Features of some

cruise ships

67 Nailed

DOWN

1 Comedian

Hedberg

2 Allergic reaction

3 One who works

well with others

4 Start of many

URLs

5 Firebird maker

6 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yards

7 Taunt

8 Repairs, as a golf

green

9 Big inconvenience

10 “___: The Way of Water” (2022 film)

11 Bar mitzvah, e.g.

12 Major dis

13 Franz’s partner in old “S.N.L.” sketches

21 Nasty

22 [What a

snoozefest!]

27 Surgery sites, for

short

28 Many a Weird Al

Yankovic medley

29 Boo-boo

30 One may dominate a conversation

31 Not doing

anything 32 Place to order

handmade goods

33 Took a lap,

perhaps

34 Spanish sparkling

wine

35 Soul singer

Bridges

39 Apple devices run

on it

41 Parasite’s place

42 “We totally

should!”

43 “Help me, ObiWan Kenobi,” e.g.

45 Buffoonery

46 Like food served

at a tea party 58 ___ ghanouj 49 Michelob ___

(light brew)

51 Car dealer’s

offering

52 Knight’s “trusty”

companion

53 Small songbird

54 Fabled slacker

55 All over again

56 Makeup of a

match

57 Straddling, say