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