The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Bacall’s partner in a classic Hollywood romance, informally
6 Apple pick?
10 Races, as an engine
14 “Easy on Me” singer, 2021 15 Wine valley in California 16 Fathom or foot
17 1966 Swedish Literature Nobelist who wrote about the struggles of the Jewish people
19 Was a passenger
20 Feathery neckwear 21 Successful singer or producer
of popular music
23 1988 American Nobelist in Physiology or Medicine who helped develop the first drug used to fight rejection in organ transplants
25 Knight’s title
27 Hurricane’s center
28 Old atlas inits.
29 Tehran’s country
31 Bio class subject
33 Bit role
38 2018 Canadian Physics Nobelist who helped implement chirped pulse amplification
42 Computer command
43 Rank below capt.
44 In the thick of
45 Grp. that welcomed girl Cubs
in 2018
48 Casual affirmative 50 Commercials
51 1976 Peace Nobelist from Northern Ireland who co-founded Community of Peace People 57 Diplomatic envoy 58 Spanish Mrs.
59 Nothin’
60 1911 Polish/French Chemistry Nobelist who pioneered research in radioactivity
65 Level
66 Strait-laced
67 Get around
68 Bygone G.M. car 69 Locale spelled out in a
Village People song 70 Allowed by law
DOWN
1 Forbid
2 Poet Amanda Gorman’s “___
to Our Ocean”
3 Toothpaste type
4 “Imagine that!”
5 Pooh’s down-in-the-dumps
friend
6 One ___ million
7 ___ Picchu, Peru 8 Sap-sucking bugs
9 Levels of social status in
India
10 Like farm country 11 Mushroom in miso soup 12 YouTube upload
13 Back of a ship
18 Mythical goat-men
No. 0308 22 Big pharma company 23 Research money
24 Lease (out)
25 One of nine on a nonagon 26 A hot one makes a good
impression
30 Opposite of SSW
32 Rainbow shape
34 ___ carte
35 Some fiercely
protective “bears” 36 Oklahoma city named
for a Camelot woman 37 Bettor’s chances 39 Fast-food chain with a
cowboy hat logo
40 Pastoral poem
41 Royal Caribbean trip
46 Like marshes
47 Military aviation wing 49 Package
51 Japanese box lunch 52 Message sent
with a click
53 Satisfied for now, with “over” 54 Bygone Russian rulers 55 Line of a song
56 Pale purple
61 The Monkees’ “___ Believer” 62 Cleaning cloth
63 Journalist ___ B. Wells 64 Sushi fish