The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Prefix with particle 5 Assess, with “up”
9 Lustful
14 Device for Arachne, in Greek
myth
15 Corporation that acquired the Gateway computer hardware company in 2007 16 Antipasto bit
17 Smooth, in a way 18 Disruptive moviegoers,
perhaps 20 Buckeye-Hawkeye
Yellowhammer
22 Espouse
23 Spec for computer cables 24 Part of some Arabic names 27 PineTree-Cornhusker
Sunflower
33 Windy City airport code 34 Mold for a castle, maybe 35 Buddhist scripture
36 There’s one every second 38 Hammock composition,
perhaps
41 Sweetheart
42 “To repeat …”
44 Stat on a baseball card 46 Some colas 47 GreenMountain-Treasure
LastFrontier
51 Put the kibosh on
52 “Well, I’ll be!”
53 Do crew
54 U.S. geographical grouping … or a hint to 20-, 27- and 47Across
60 Cocktail made with gin, soda,
lemon juice and sugar 63 Easy victory
64 Covid test components 65 Patsy Cline, for one 66 Feature of many a beehive 67 How ham might be served 68 Spotted
69 Infernal river
DOWN
1 As well
2 Rider of the lost ark? 3 Nobelist Morrison
4 “Sounds like a plan!” 5 Place to pick some
vegetables?
6 Suffix with period
7 Greek letter (but not the last
one)
8 Deity born from Chaos 9 What cats ride around on in
some internet videos
10 ___ mater
11 Never: Ger.
12 Smart TV feature 13 “Excellent!”
19 Wine container in a Poe title 21 Tear a lot 24 Butterfly-attracting flowers 25 Presidential first name 26 Chant for the Dream Team 27 Whodunit plot element
28 Like a phoenix from the
ashes
29 Item checked by a bouncer 30 Home to Maracanã Stadium 31 Greek letter (definitely not the
last one)
32 Well-used pencil, say
37 “Sex and the City” actress
Cattrall
39 Aachen article
40 Begins
43 Flower with a caninesounding name
45 Fruity liqueur base 48 Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse
Tyson
49 Units of magnetic flux density 50 Oscar and Edgar
54 Dairy Queen competitor 55 Tessellation piece
56 A couple of chips, perhaps 57 Turnip or beet
58 Primetime ___
59 Ne plus ultra
60 General name on a menu 61 Have free and clear 62 Scratch