The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

WILL NEDIGER

ACROSS

1 Thwack

5 Bow ties, e.g. 10 Dollar alternative 14 Like chocolate mousse

15 Puckish

16 Lunar plain 17 Circadian rhythm

regulator

19 Heaps

20 Tech executive, for short 21 Labor leader Dolores Huerta or astronaut Ellen Ochoa 23 Representative Bowman, the first male member of “The Squad” 26 H.S. course that might have a unit on the Harlem Renaissance 28 Singer Tori 29 Mendelssohn work in E flat major, and others

31 Make definite, informally 32 Mojito ingredient 33 Rejections 34 Scepter topper 36 Does dirty 38 Word before oil or water

42 Use a 56-Across 43 “Sure, sure” 45 Delicate textile 46 Presidential nickname 48 Ticks off 50 Open ___ 51 Performance artist portraying male characters

53 Agree 55 Hawaii is famous for them 56 Boat propeller 57 Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer 58 One of a pair at the dinner table … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 65 Like texting during a conversation, to some 66 Ancient Greek marketplace

67 Refer to 68 Symbol of Russia 69 “Copy that” 70 Checkup, e.g.

DOWN

1 Hindu honorific 2 Success

3 One may be tough to follow 4 Historic Bay Area neighborhood with a 600-square-foot rainbow flag 5 Australia, once 6 Every last one 7 West Coast air hub, for short 8 First X or O 9 Tarsal adornment 10 Violin family name

11 Papal collection overseen by a bibliothecarius 12 1996 hit for Alanis Morissette 13 House mate? 18 Narrow inlet 22 Basis of some insurance fraud 23 Place to hang a mezuzah 24 Bestie in Bordeaux

25 Largest Frenchspeaking city in North America 26 Consumed 27 German physician who coined the term “animal magnetism” 30 Vouch (for), in a way 35 Something that’s impossible to run by yourself

37 Still up, say 39 “A pity, really” 40 Peak

41 Word often confused with “fewer” 44 Plead

46 Too, for one 47 Shoe with decorative perforations 49 Leaf producer 52 Hopeless case 54 Contented sigh 59 Earlier

60 Park place? 61 L’ora della siesta, maybe 62 “Parentapproved” cereal 63 GPS approximation 64 “Stand” band, 1989