The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Deciding contest 7 Musical whose preshow warning about cellphone use says that knights “may drag you onstage and impale you” 15 God on a mission? 16 Cry after a windfall 17 What might keep you on pins and needles? 18 Bit of gear for gliding 19 Personal struggles personified 21 ___ Carter, most-recorded jazz bassist in history 22 Critics’ picks, informally 23 Eldest daughter of Oceanus and mother of Nike 25 Source of milk for Manchego cheese 28 Comme ci, comme ça 30 European airline that was nationalized from 1944 to 2001 34 Boston Harbor detritus, once 36 Cartoonist Groening 38 Hands and feet 39 Trancelike state during a monotonous drive 42 Northern hemisphere? 43 Antivenoms, e.g. 44 World’s rarest goose 45 Symbol found in Pac-Man and on slot machines 47 Going ___ 49 Rode the bench 50 First, and so far only, chimpanzee to orbit Earth 52 Its tributaries have colorful names 54 Cry from Homer 57 “I want to, but really I shouldn’t ...” 62 [Violin emoji] 64 Stand-up person? 65 “You did great!” 66 Moving company? 67 Suboptimal ending 68 Name on an envelope
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1 Sitarist Shankar 2 Informed of 3 Time to draw? 4 “Getting ___ is no problem. You just have to live long enough”: Groucho Marx 5 Jardín contents 6 Post-Thanksgiving meal drowsiness, familiarly 7 Compete in a freestyle, e.g. 8 Cowboy Bill 9 Coy response to a compliment 10 Casually chic updo 11 Original tablet holder 12 Makeup artist? 13 Prefix with -genarian 14 Storyteller’s transition 20 Bacon bits 24 Noble gas used in propelling ion thrusters 25 Code of conduct 26 Carefully consider 27 Boston College athlete 29 Check box in a survey 31 Stands 32 1986 rock autobiography 33 Selling point 35 Prop (up) 37 Cruel ruler 40 Spent 41 Ones in a waiting room 46 Drink brand that sounds like a shout 48 Novelist Leonard 51 Act bullish? 53 Printer brand54 Slips into 55 Where Life Savers and pop-top cans were both invented 56 Howard or Spelman: Abbr. 58 Hit, in a way 59 Fall sound 60 Brood 61 It’s got a big mouth 63 “Jingle Bells” contraction