The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Policy nerd
5 P.F. ___ (restaurant chain)
11 Query
14 Gaelic language 15 Actor Pattinson 16 Actress Farrow 17 Northern European region
19 Cozy lodging 20 Kind of beef
from Japan 21 Like the richest
soufflé 23 County of
Newark, N.J. 26 Oil-drilling
structure 27 Feeling of
dejection
30 Its flag has a
blue 61-Across 34 Lyrical
dedication 35 Scare off
37 Play dirty 38 “Star Wars”
racing vehicles 40 Flier with a tail 42 Fiona or Shrek 43 Swords with
blunted ends 45 Radium
discoverer
47 Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop’s avian mascot)
48 Its flag has a
white 61-Across 50 Beguile, to Brits 52 “___ been meaning to mention …” 53 Military helicopters, colloquially 54 2021 Elizabeth
Warren book 58 Two kings or two
queens, e.g. 60 Chopper
61 Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle’s grid 66 Rapper ___
Wayne 67 Novelist
Graham
68 Opera highlight 69 It’s a mess! 70 Was in a state of suppressed agitation
71 Actor Jon of
“Good Omens”
DOWN
1 Director
Anderson 2 Tolkien
monster 3 Secretive org. 4 Logic puzzle invented by a math teacher as a teaching tool 5 Baby’s bed 6 Refine,
as a skill 7 Lawyers’ group,
for short 8 Actress
Campbell 9 Climber’s
belaying device 10 Job for a play
director 11 Female friend in
France 12 Gluttony and
lust, for two 13 Philosopher
Immanuel 18 Outed maliciously online
22 Home with a northern exposure
23 Got married in
Vegas, perhaps 24 “That’s
awesome!”
25 Its flag has a
yellow 61-Across 28 Little bit of
time 29 Soup starter 30 “___ Jacques,
dormez-vous?” 31 Popular vote winner of 2000
32 Its flag has a blue-and-white 61-Across 33 Lingers (on) 36 Second-tallest
bird on earth 39 Penultimate
matches
41 10th anniversary
gift
44 Nest egg
46 Set of moral
principles 49 Vacation
destination 51 “Yay!”
54 Friends
55 Sign at a highway cloverleaf 56 Depend (on) 57 See 58-Down 58 With 57-Down, car air freshener shape
59 Got an A on 62 Drops on the
grass?
63 Hour, in Italy 64 Virtual citizen
in a popular video game franchise 65 Symbolic U.S.
“uncle”