The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Fans of the Bible?
11 It’s hardly a breath of fresh air
15 Apartment units 16 Where to visit the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial 17 Necked, jocularly 18 Sort (through) 19 Perspectives 20 Starters
22 Bobs and
weaves 23 Phone-unlocking
option 25 Pictures 27 “Auntie,” on
the telly 30 Dreaded
examination 32 Like bells 33 Achilles’ heel,
e.g.
35 Lap-sitter 36 Solution for a
chef, maybe 37 Not on time, but
that’s OK 41 Talent, in slang 42 Sister language
of Thai 43 Member of the House of Saud, e.g.
44 ___ nut
45 Cicely ___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee 47 Seventh of 24 48 Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together 50 Right columns? 52 Roar from a
crowd 53 Proverbial
back-breaker 55 King ___ 59 “My, my!”
61 Get out of
here! 63 Miguel in “Coco,”
por ejemplo 64 Sweet Indian
beverage 65 “Rock or Bust”
rockers
66 One who’s about
ready to go out?
DOWN
1 Attention getter 2 Lead-in to culture 3 Unfortunate thing to be out of 4 Nets 5 Alternative to 7Up
6 Like the circle in the 7Up logo 7 Intermittently 8 Dandy 9 Trickery
10 Tick off
11 Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna 12 Something that might be sacrificed at the altar?
13 “Never mind!” 14 Full of grit 21 Unite
24 Jaguars, e.g. 26 Trickery 27 With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally
28 Bad spells 29 Liquid paper? 31 Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented
34 & 36
What plasma may be removed from
38 “Check”
39 It comes before
overtime
40 Slice of life,
maybe
45 Kind of bone near the tibia and fibula 46 “___ done!” 48 Game site 49 Objects 51 Literally, “law” 54 Face covering of
a sort
56 Big producer of
speakers 57 Santa ___, Calif. 58 Surrounded by 60 Nonfiction film,
informally 62 Really jump out