The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

HAL MOORE ACROSS

1 Prefix with

directional 5 Border

9 Sort who refuses

to answer

13 A sumo wrestler’s is called a mawashi 15 Catherine of

“Schitt’s Creek” 16 Spot remover? 17 Candle holders,

sometimes 18 Close

19 Prophetic 21 ___-jongg

23 U.S. locale that, when said quickly, sounds like a cheer 24 Highway exit sign 25 As seen in

chemistry class? 29 Velvet-voiced Mel 31 Word with happy

or rush 32 Causing a boom,

maybe 36 Pokémon that ultimately evolves into Alakazam 37 Digital

alternative

38 ___ of Citium, philosopher who founded Stoicism 39 Vulnerable area 41 Keen 42 Monster’s

opposite 43 Doctrines 45 ___-term test for divergence (calculus concept) 47 Improvise on

stage 49 San Francisco’s

___ Hill 50 Grammy winner for 1983’s “Flashdance ... What a Feeling” 53 Small flaw 56 Ambulatory

aids

57 Manet called him “the painter of painters” 60 Cousin of an

aardwolf 61 Unlikely match 62 ___ noche

(tonight: Sp.) 63 Source

64 Its website has a

“Fantasy” page

DOWN

1 Up there, you

might say

2 Stock exchange? 3 Close

4 Unable to perform operations 5 Weisshorn, e.g. 6 Astronomer Thomas for whom a comet is named

7 Not yet delivered,

after “in”

8 Status on a conservationist’s “Red List” 9 Non-coffee

Starbucks order 10 Germans call it

Genfersee 11 Political ___ 12 They’re rigged 14 Board game set

on an island

15 “It ___ to me ...” 20 Unit equal to

907.2 kilograms 22 Like only one member of the Supreme Court in its history (Sonia Sotomayor) 25 Solvers’

reactions 26 Lead-in to call 27 Browse, say 28 Seek advancement through flattery

30 Only one-word country that contains all five vowels 33 Literature’s

Napoleon, e.g. 34 Contending 35 Best Picture

winner in 2022 40 W.N.B.A. great

Weatherspoon 44 Highly exaggerated and subjective, as journalism 45 Specialization 46 High-chair

features 48 Italian nickname that omits Al51 “99 Luftballons”

singer

52 Big name in fashion footwear 54 Holds gingerly,

maybe 55 Underwater

forest 58 Charade

59 Kind of garden