The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Make millions,

say

8 Departed on a

flight 15 Opening in a

pet carrier 16 Tiny country in the Pyrenees 17 Colorful rhyme for gloomy weather 18 Colorful rhyme for a “ginger” 19 Harmful reaction to an infection

20 : : : : : : 21 Surveillance

org.

23 ___ José,

Costa Rica 24 Colorful rhyme for a filming background 29 Copied 31 Church

council 32 Lyra’s brightest

star

35 Go bananas 37 What a street musician may use to collect tips 38 Domain

39 “___ the

season ...” 40 Sign seen at an S.P.C.A. center, perhaps 43 Outdo

44 & 46 Colorful rhyme for a 1966 Donovan hit

48 Hoppin’, as a

party

49 Soccer star

Hamm

50 Hot and spicy,

as salsa 54 Sticky notes 58 Colorful (albeit rare!) rhyme for an item at a hardware store

60 Finland joined

it in 2023

61 Big name in

tractors 62 Ruckus 63 Grandson of

Adam

64 Pages that point to other pages 65 Benjamin who wrote “The Tao of Pooh”

Down

1 Reacts to an awful smell, maybe 2 Dublin’s land,

to Dubliners 3 “Piehole” 4 Matthew ___ of “The Americans” 5 I, on the periodic table 6 College catalog

assortment 7 “Watch it!” 8 Road goo 9 What an Uno player has in hand upon crying “Uno!” 10 Quirky person 11 Helmut ___, 1980s-’90s German chancellor 12 Cookie often

dipped in milk 13 ___ Drescher,

leader of the 2023 SAGAFTRA strike 14 Passing crazes 22 “Be that as it

may ...” 23 “Beam me up, ___!” (“Star Trek” misquotation) 24 Birds in a

gaggle 25 Multivitamin

stat, for short 26 Cakewalk 27 Night before 28 “Swell!” 29 Back, to a

boatswain 30 Overly proper 33 What fireflies and happy faces do

34 Bit of band

equipment 36 Mindy of “The Mindy Project”

38 Hot dog

topping 41 Partner of a

crossed “t” 42 Big name in cassette tapes, once

45 South American grasslands 47 Not quite on

time

50 Corn cake 51 Tehran’s land 52 Roman senator who insisted “Carthage must be destroyed” 53 Heaven on

earth

54 Look carefully

(over) 55 Hooked on 56 What you might say as you crack open a beer 57 Medieval

worker 59 Massive ref.