NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Brave ___ lion
4 Still on the line, perhaps
8 Hallucinogen from a cactus
14 Part of a range: Abbr.
15 Word that becomes its own opposite when “n” is added to the front
16 Temporarily out
17 Blackjack ___, source of dense wood
18 Film adaptation with … a choir arriving at the airport? (2016)
20 Brand of lightcolored cookie
22 Nonfiction film, in brief
23 Minute, informally
24 … a room in an environmentally friendly hotel? (2018)
28 Leave in a huff, with “out”
29 Carb- follower
30 Govt. org. that had the same leader for its first 48 years (1924-72)
33 Follower of John
35 Japanese carrier
37 Alphabetically first of the 100 most popular boys’ names in the U.S.
39 … a triceratops trying to find a spot for its car? (1993)
43 Let up
44 You might need this to go on
45 “Mm-hmm …”
46 Kind of battle
47 Ginger ___
50 Rob with four Super Bowl rings, familiarly
52 … a quick trip to purchase cutlery? (2019)
56 The duck, in “Peter and the Wolf”
59 Pizzeria order
60 Skin-care application
61 … a movement to make invoices illegal? (2003)
65 Prefix with system
66 In a daze
67 Biblical progenitor of the Edomites
68 ___-core (punk offshoot)
69 “Absolutely, will do”
70 Feeling sad
71 Govt.-issued ID
DOWN
1 ___ friends
2 One on the case?
3 High-heel shoe attachment
4 Presidential middle name
5 Pop singer ___ Max
6 Brooks with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards
7 Home to the largest Goya collection in the world
8 Tranquil
9 Geology interval
10 “Catch my drift?”
11 Getting the job done
12 You might have a stake in this
13 Experimental, say
19 Disney+ series set after “Avengers: Endgame”
21 Unleashes on
25 Things with hooks
26 Hyatt alternative
27 “Warm”
30 Quality of a playful kitten
31 Something to chew on
32 Playwright William
33 Cracked a bit
34 Home of the 62-Down hummingbird, the world’s smallest bird
36 Louisville is in it, in brief
38 Like
40 John, abroad
41 Dogs in Tibetan monasteries, once
42 Sleekly designed, informally
48 Cell membrane makeup
49 Iniquitous
51 Surpass in strength
52 Clarkson with the 2004 hit “Since U Been Gone”
53 Set certain underwater traps
54 Makes out
55 [What a joke!]
56 Sign off on
57 Hold tight
58 One’s parents, slangily, with “the”
62 See 34-Down
63 Cousin of equi
64 “Yer wrong”