The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Piquancy

5 British fellow

9 Treasure holder 14 Pretentious in a painterly

way

15 March ___ (Lewis Carroll

character)

16 Recluse

17 Racket handle 18 Letter-shaped bridge

support

19 Extremely

20 Food topping used at Abe

Lincoln’s birthplace? 23 Stein filler

25 Wash for gold

26 Candidate for A.A. 27 Ambulance letters

28 Dairy product used at the

Seven Dwarfs’ dwelling? 32 Lug around

33 Tulsa sch.

34 Sellout indicator

35 Rant and rage

37 “Good Morning America”

network

39 Took notice

43 Old TV’s “The Adventures of

___ Tin Tin”

45 Always, in poems 47 Vegetable whose name is

also slang for “money” 48 Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings’ Southfork?

51 Michael of “S.N.L.” 53 Calendar block

54 Zoom or TikTok

55 ___ Palmas, city in the

Canary Islands 56 Spreads using 20-, 28- and

48-Across?

60 Jumper cable connection 61 “Make it ___”

62 Big lugs

65 Candidate for

a Booker Prize

66 Helper: Abbr.

67 Capital of Latvia

68 Lead-in to line or setter 69 Does as the sun does in the

evening

70 Kentucky’s Fort ___

DOWN

1 Evasive maneuver

2 Slip up

3 Shoe named after a dagger 4 Slip-up in writing

5 Where Michelle Obama was

born

6 Dance named after Cuba’s

capital

7 Prized mount

8 Come to an end

9 Groups of grapes, e.g. 10 Word in many cathedral

names

11 Main course

12 Injection at a hospital 13 Pitfalls

21 4.0 for a valedictorian,

maybe

22 Rejections

23 ___ of the Apostles

24 Heist haul

29 Earth, in science fiction 30 Raised to the third power 31 Enjoys a long, hot bath, say 36 Vulcan’s telepathic link 38 Pottery maker

40 Bad situation for an airplane 41 Wrist/elbow connector 42 Clothes holders on a

clothesline

44 March Madness org. 46 Expresses sorrow for one’s

wrongdoing

48 Jettison

49 Mythical Greek monsters 50 Destination for a rest cure 51 “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!,” e.g. 52 Being named valedictorian,

for one

57 Heaven on earth 58 Simplicity

59 Frolic

63 Narcissist’s flaw 64 Instrument in most jazz

combos