The New York Times Crossword

No. 0214

ACROSS

1 Confidence

7 In the same quantity 13 Snake on a limb

14 Bubbles on a beach 16 Members of the genus Vespa 17 “Answer the simple

question!”

18 Genre associated with

guyliner and black nail polish 19 Sword go-withs

21 Word with sock or duck 22 Oklahoma’s

___ Air Force Base

24 Alma mater for Martin Scorsese and

Lady Gaga, in brief

25 Word used when making

a choice, maybe

27 Where the five most widely

practiced religions originated 28 “I can help!”

30 Controls

31 Comforting touch

33 French holy title: Abbr. 35 Valentine’s Day exchanges ... or what this puzzle’s shaded areas are?

40 Witch

42 Actress Wong 43 Achievements for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elton John, colloquially 46 Yammered

47 Like the blue side, in brief 48 Audacity

49 ___ training (requirement for H.S. graduation in most states) 50 “Have you heard back yet?” 53 Did a marathon, say 54 Puddle producer

56 21, say

57 Bench press muscles,

informally

58 Connected,

as a bathroom

60 Used a little of, as someone

else’s speaking time

62 Role in a game of Taboo 63 Final watcher?

64 Dog tag wearers, in brief 65 Sister channel of QVC 66 Part of GPS: Abbr.

67 Hosp. locales

DOWN

1 Chamomile and

cedarwood, for two 2 Popular Italian beer 3 ___ Cariou, Broadway’s original Sweeney Todd 4 Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone 5 Fan of the flame?

6 Sink components

7 ___ seeker

8 Pit, e.g.

9 Fancy billiards shot 10 Sci-fi sky sighting 11 Popular Mexican beer 12 Submit

13 Resource for service

members, colloquially 15 Styles

20 Potato part 23 “Scarface”

26 Come into view

28 Salt Lake City athlete 29 Playful suffix for “best” 32 Vegan salon brand 34 High schoolers, typically 35 Walk-ups, often 36 Feathery perennial 37 Kagan on the Court 38 Intervals

39 Italian city known for its limoncello 40 Allison Janney’s role on “The West Wing” 41 Easter Island

44 Serial performer 45 Self-driving cars have lots of these 51 Post-its, e.g.

52 “Glad you noticed our hard work”

55 Some Greek letters 57 Insta post

59 Kinda sorta

61 Sister of Helios