NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Part of a Tibetan leader’s title

6 San Luis ___, Calif. 12 Catch in the act 15 Official decree 16 Polishing aids 17 Park in Manhattan, e.g.: Abbr. 18 Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally 19 As part of a performing duo in 1991; as a solo artist in 2021

21 What might help someone get a leg up?

23 “Cool!”

24 Take home

25 As part of a band in 1998; as a solo artist in 2019

27 Put on staff 28 Vessel that’s a homophone of 24-Across

29 Get ___ on (ace) 30 “Place” on a Monopoly board 32 Lowest pitches in chords

36 One end of a battery 37 As part of a songwriting duo in 1990; as a solo artist in 2021

40 Really got to 43 “Rule” stating that the number of transistors per microchip doubles every two years 47 Brit who wrote “The Vanishing Half” 50 Meadow 51 Former Giants QB Manning 52 Understanding of a situation

53 With 60-Across, institution in which 19-, 25- and 37-Across are (thus far) the only three women ever to be inducted twice 57 “Waterloo” group 58 Acronym that might be shouted before a rash act

59 Heavens on earth 60 See 53-Across 63 “So sad”

65 Serving from a tap 66 Laughed loudly 67 Janelle who sang 2010’s “Tightrope” 68 There are about five of these in a tsp. 69 Way off base 70 Strict

DOWN

1 German article

2 2019 sci-fi film whose title means “to the stars”

3 Lends an ear 4 Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play 5 Architectural style started, strangely, in England

6 Canadian Thanksgiving mo. 7 Russian pancakes 8 Kind of chemical bond

9 Shelving area in a library

10 Part of a water quality evaluation

11 Buckeye State sch. 12 Vancouver Island city 13 Contended

14 ___ mountain dog (breed named for its origins near the Swiss capital) 20 Installs again, as a

painting

22 Kind of sax

25 Hoagie

26 Grp. known as OTAN

in France

31 Social worker who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

33 Skeleton that’s no

longer in the closet? 34 Stately tree 35 Concern for online

advertisers, for short 38 Caffeine-containing

nut

39 Goddess of peace 40 Isaac’s father, in the

Bible

41 Game with a bat 42 Gives permission 44 Proud and regal 45 Like some casts or

teams

46 Actor Wheaton 48 Strive to achieve 49 Over the bounds 54 Composer

Schumann

55 Susan G. ___ (breast cancer advocacy organization) 56 Transfer, as a tulip 61 It’s unrefined 62 Summer hrs. in

Pittsburgh 64 Japanese

currency