The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 What Professor Moriarty was a professor of
5 Some lunchbox sammies
9 Abrasive
14 “O.G. Original Gangster” rapper
15 McFlurry flavor
16 Walled city near Madrid
17 Just like ___
18 Grant consideration, sometimes
19 Hell of a guy?
20 Things with hardware and software components
23 Quickly join a call, with “on”
24 Infantry members, in brief
25 In the style of
26 Bunny first appearing in “Space Jam” (1996)
28 Bit of attire that sends the
message “I mean business!”
33 Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novel
36 Big letters in home security
37 Methods
38 One of the Mannings
39 Societal troubles
40 Many a Monopoly property: Abbr.
41 Participation dance in which you “turn yourself around”
44 Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award
47 Captain von Trapp’s betrothed, in “The Sound of Music”
48 Rapper Lil ___ X
49 Cause of wear and tear
50 Command centers, for short
53 The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across
59 Entered speedily
60 Ending of “The Bachelor”?
61 “___ you vera much!”
(punny valentine)
62 Standing up
63 Suit material?
64 “I’ll ___”
65 Full of the latest
66 Features of some cruise ships
67 Nailed
DOWN
1 Comedian Hedberg
2 Allergic reaction
3 One who works well with others
4 Start of many URLs
5 Firebird maker
6 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regularseason games of
300+ passing yards
7 Taunt
8 Repairs, as a golf green
9 Big inconvenience
10 “___: The Way of Water” (2022 film)
11 Bar mitzvah, e.g.
12 Major dis
13 Franz’s partner in old “S.N.L.” sketches
21 Nasty
22 [What a snoozefest!]
27 Surgery sites, for short
28 Many a Weird Al Yankovic medley
29 Boo-boo
30 One may dominate
a conversation
31 Not doing anything
32 Place to order handmade goods
33 Took a lap, perhaps
34 Spanish sparkling wine
35 Soul singer Bridges
39 Apple devices run on it
41 Parasite’s place
42 “We totally should!”
43 “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi,” e.g.
45 Buffoonery
46 Like food served at a tea party
49 Michelob ___ (light brew)
51 Car dealer’s offering
52 Knight’s “trusty”
companion
53 Small songbird
54 Fabled slacker
55 All over again
56 Makeup of a match
57 Straddling, say
58 ___ ghanouj