The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Before, poetically 4 User-edited websites

9 Where many hands may be

at work

13 N.Y.C. ave. between Park and

Third

14 Cellular blueprint

15 “And Then There Were ___” 16 Newbie crossword solver’s

thought on a Monday 18 “Veep” actress Chlumsky 19 Lacking temerity

20 J.F.K. alternative

21 Start of a courtroom oath 22 “30 for 30” airer

23 Newbie crossword solver’s

thought on a Tuesday 27 Where the action happens 28 Place people walk into for

jokes?

29 Lunar holiday

30 Holder of tent sales

31 Winter sights at New York’s Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park

33 Mantra, often

35 Newbie crossword solver’s

thought on a Wednesday 40 “Likewise”

41 Said “hello” from a distance 42 Off-road transport, for short 43 IGN’s #1 Video Game

Console of All Time

46 Top of a can

47 June honoree

50 Newbie crossword solver’s

thought on a Thursday 53 Scourge

54 Green prefix

55 Na+, for one

56 Potables in kiddush and the

Eucharist 57 Mellow cheese

58 Newbie crossword solver’s

thought on a Friday 61 Actress Palmer of “Nope” 62 Fracases

63 “My dear fellow”

64 Some flock members 65 Actress Amy of “Enchanted” 66 Something you should hold

onto, in an expression

DOWN

1 Division I players, say

2 Alter

3 Not included

4 Like newly painted canvases 5 Bank statement abbr. 6 Department store chain that

began as a corner grocery 7 “Potentially”

8 Kind of oil in cooking

9 “What did the ___ say when it was riding on the back of a turtle? Wheeeee!” 10 Lempira spender

11 Like a newborn babe 12 Samosa veggie

14 “___ knows”

17 Beefeater, for one 23 Diminish

24 Rubs the wrong way 25 Scratched the surface? 26 Baby foxes

28 Item of wear named after an

island

31 Grand Canyon

viewpoint

32 Scatter, as seed

34 Prepared for a surprise party,

in a way

35 Part of Caesar’s boast 36 Longtime soda slogan 37 Chocolate confection that

melts before you eat it 38 D.C. tourist spot

39 Like Thanos in the Marvel

universe

44 Very secretive sort

45 Sent away, as a pest

47 Like Legos, originally 48 Cause of fatigue 49 Bedouin’s home 51 Encyclopedia volumes, e.g. 52 ___ Holmes, sleuth in young-adult fiction

53 Part of a bridle

56 Director Craven

57 Barely manage, with “out” 59 Real beauty

60 “___ Diaboliques,” 1955

Simone Signoret film