The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 “The Winner Takes It All”

group

5 Singer Diana

9 Radiate

13 Hardly a jaunt

14 Ready to go

16 Central points

17 Tolled time

18 “Byeee!”

19 One having a turn at a roast? 20 You’vegottoknowwhento

hold‘em

23 Worrier’s words

24 Former queen of Jordan 25 Good cheer

26 What do ewe say?

27 Spice ___

29 Often-changed item of wear 31 Knowwhentofold‘em 35 ___ Mode, animated film character who says “Words are useless! Gobble-gobblegobble-gobble-gobblegobble!”

36 It might be in the form of a

thumbnail

37 “The Music Man” locale 41 Knowwhentowalkaway 46 Famed designer whose career was boosted by “American Gigolo”

49 Small batteries

50 Butter, e.g.

51 Concern for a tailor

52 ___ facto

55 Box markings 57 Andknowwhentorun 60 Moistens 61 Water nymph

62 Earnest request

64 Pueblo people

65 “The Child,” also known as

Baby Yoda

66 Snack, as on a knish 67 Places with springs 68 Exclamation after a witty

comeback

69 ___ Major

DOWN

1 Bit of air pollution

2 Gasbag

3 Anthony of “Parts Unknown” 4 Concur

5 Speaker’s platform

6 Scott Turow memoir 7 Gertrude who wrote “We are

always the same age inside” 8 “___ to This” (song from

“Hamilton”)

9 Jewelry designer Peretti 10 Mod do

11 It comes to a point when it’s

too cold outside

12 One who gives one-tenth 15 Tiered temple 21 Actress Gilbert

22 Hosp. scans

23 Light wind?

28 Lettuce wrap lettuce

30 “Yeah, suuuure”

32 Event with a dress code 33 Snoopy grp.

34 German film award akin to an

Oscar

38 Risqué

39 “What is your greatest ___?”

(interview question) 40 Section of a Sunday

newspaper

42 “Wilco!”

43 Erasing, as data

44 Prepared to skate

45 Org. with thousands of

inspectors

46 Forty winks

47 Provoke

48 View from Catania, in brief 53 Shoots up

54 Whopper ingredient 56 College sports channel 58 Print collectors, for short 59 “A Song of Ice and Fire,” e.g. 63 “Why, that’s it!”