The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 Some trivia venues 5 Airport queue 9 Bookend letters of “Google Maps,” appropriately 12 Oscar ___, star of “Inside Llewyn Davis”

14 Unit of courage? 15 Face card in a French deck 16 Principle of the type of activism practiced by 35-Across 18 Zoom, for one 19 Congressional district represented by 35-Across from 1987 to 2020 21 Live (together) 23 Outlaw 24 Starter course? 25 Heartless 27 Popular cryptocurrency 29 Do something 30 The “O” of A.O.C. 34 Years abroad 35 Civil rights icon who led a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on 3/7/1965 37 Japan’s largest lake, located NE of Kyoto

40 Like much avantgarde music 41 ___ Tomé and Príncipe 44 Flower that shares its name with a sea creature 46 Natural ability 48 Trickster 49 Sharp or flat, say 52 Those in favor 53 Group including 35-Across that protested the segregation of public buses 57 ___ card 58 Oxymoronic coinage of 35-Across 61 Impossible N.B.A. game outcome 62 Some succulents 63 Seat at a counter, maybe

64 Took a load off 65 Teri of “Tootsie” 66 “My mistake!” DOWN 1 Balloon popper, perhaps

2 Grp. that brought Stephen Colbert to Baghdad 3 Do quickly, as an assignment 4 “Help!” 5 Signal as a conductor might 6 Actress ___ Deavere Smith 7 Secretly includes on an email 8 Deem appropriate 9 Sue who wrote the so-called “alphabet series” 10 Destiny’s Child or the Supremes 11 Sucks up, in a way 13 A.F.L.-_ _ _

14 One of the sisters in Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 17 Mercury or Venus, e.g. 20 Ancient Andeans 21 Classic TV brand 22 Elf’s foe in “The Lord of the Rings” 26 Can, in Canterbury 27 Common reply to “Cómo estás?” 28 Only state with a two-vowel postal code

31 Jackie of “Rush Hour” 32 Starting stake 33 ___-mo replay 35 Foxx of “Soul” 36 Sort 37 Butter and margarine, nutritionally speaking 38 Sluggishness 39 “No need to introduce us” 41 Utters a sound, informally 42 Nail, as a test 43 Green-lights

45 Pie in the face, e.g. 47 Popular Japanese manga series

49 #1 at McDonalds, maybe

50 Suits

51 First sitting prez to fly in an airplane 54 “Return of the Jedi” dancer 55 Secure, as a ship 56 Dawn goddess 59 Chop or crop 60 Chicago trains