NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Confidence
7 In the same quantity
13 Snake on a limb 14 Bubbles on a beach 16 Members of the genus Vespa 17 “Answer the simple question!”
18 Genre associated with guyliner and black nail polish 19 Sword go-withs 21 Word with sock or duck
22 Oklahoma’s ___ Air Force Base
24 Alma mater for Martin Scorsese and Lady Gaga, in brief
25 Word used when making a choice, maybe
27 Where the five most widely practiced religions originated
28 “I can help!” 30 Controls 31 Comforting touch 33 French holy title: Abbr.
35 Valentine’s Day exchanges ... or what this puzzle’s shaded areas are? 40 Witch
42 Actress Wong 43 Achievements for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elton John, colloquially
46 Yammered
47 Like the blue side, in brief 48 Audacity
49 ___ training (requirement for H.S. graduation in most states) 50 “Have you heard back yet?”
53 Did a marathon, say
54 Puddle producer 56 21, say
57 Bench press muscles, informally 58 Connected, as a bathroom
60 Used a little of, as someone else’s speaking time 62 Role in a game of Taboo
63 Final watcher? 64 Dog tag wearers, in brief
65 Sister channel of
QVC
66 Part of GPS: Abbr. 67 Hosp. locales
DOWN
1 Chamomile and cedarwood, for two 2 Popular Italian beer 3 ___ Cariou, Broadway’s original Sweeney Todd 4 Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone
5 Fan of the flame? 6 Sink components 7 ___ seeker
8 Pit, e.g.
9 Fancy billiards shot 10 Sci-fi sky sighting 11 Popular Mexican beer
12 Submit
13 Resource for service members, colloquially 15 Styles
20 Potato part 23 “Scarface” 26 Come into view 28 Salt Lake City athlete
29 Playful suffix for “best”
32 Vegan salon brand 34 High schoolers, typically 35 Walk-ups, often 36 Feathery perennial 37 Kagan on the Court 38 Intervals
39 Italian city known for its limoncello 40 Allison Janney’s role on “The West Wing”
41 Easter Island 44 Serial performer 45 Self-driving cars have lots of these 51 Post-its, e.g. 52 “Glad you noticed our hard work” 55 Some Greek letters 57 Insta post
59 Kinda sorta 61 Sister of Helios