The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Delivery at un hôpital

5 Fish eggs

10 Fundamentals

14 Sch. near Bel Air

15 Flexible pronoun with a slash 16 “T” on a test

17 Uncouth sort

18 Map detail

19 Had on

20 Piece of volleyball gear 22 Captain von Trapp in

“The Sound of Music,” e.g. 24 Ukulele ridge

25 National park in

southwest Utah

26 Harry Belafonte album whose

first song is “Day-O”

29 Mix drinks

32 Most populous member

of NATO, in brief

33 *Louis XIV’s nickname

[N.B.A.]

35 “Before” of yore

36 Friend of Thumper

and Flower

38 Alexander Hamilton’s bill

39 No longer a minor

41 Sword with a three-sided

blade

42 Streaming channel sometimes shown at grooming salons and veterinarians’ offices 44 Slugger who ended his career four shy of the

700 home run club

45 “Father ___”

(2022 Mark Wahlberg film) 47 Kimono sash

49 Ones unconcerned with individual achievements ... or what both words in the answers to the starred clues are examples of 54 *Clarence in “It’s a

Wonderful Life,” e.g. [M.L.B.] 56 Military post

57 Strip of gear, as a ship 58 Plot line?

60 Garment for the

Grim Reaper

61 ___ code

62 Office note

63 Apple product from

2001 to 2022

64 Eye afflictions

65 “Monday Night Countdown”

cable channel

DOWN

1 Heftiness

2 Class that covers price ceilings

and price floors, in brief 3 *Indication that a gas stove is functioning properly [N.H.L.]

4 Diner or bistro

5 Therapy whose name is Japanese for “finger pressure”

6 Remain

undecided

7 Donkey

8 “That was too

close for comfort!”

9 Redditor, e.g. 10 Margaret ___, author of

“The Handmaid’s Tale” 11 *Grizzly, for one [N.F.L.] 12 Medical breakthrough 13 Visionary

21 Coke competitor

23 Wild canine of Australia 26 27, for 3

27 Rush job letters

28 “I’m ___ your tricks!” 29 Windshield feature

30 Best Picture winner that becomes an earlier Best Picture nominee when an “F” is added to the front 31 Part of an oboe

34 Beer dispenser

37 “All rise” undoer 40 Legitimate object of attack 42 Branded lollipops

43 Long journeys

46 Road surface

48 London’s Big ___ 49 Engine supercharger 50 Champagne grape

51 Bird with a lot of stuffing? 52 Pastis flavoring

53 Spices (up)

54 Sticky substance

55 Like a wet noodle

56 Scary 13th, to some: Abbr. 59 Prince, but not a princess