The New York Times

No. 0418

ACROSS

1 The earth before God separated light from darkness, according to the Bible

6 Gives a terrible review 10 Hip-hop subgenre pioneered by Gucci Mane 14 Like the deities Vishnu and Brahma 15 Street sign near a school 16 Where the heart is, in a saying 17 Face-off in a 2004 science fiction film

20 Sick

21 Dah’s counterpart, in Morse code 22 Condition that exists on a spectrum

23 See 44-Across 24 Some office plants 26 Face-off in a 2021 monster film 32 Sky-blue 33 Section of a textbook 34 [Now I’m mad!] 36 “This statement is false,” e.g. 38 Inner circle

41 Before, in poetry 42 Green movement? 44 With 23-Across, period that began in January 2009 45 Face-off in a 1979 courtroom drama film 49 Chekhov’s “Uncle ___” 50 Some amount 51 State as fact 54 Benchmark: Abbr. 55 Cry out loud 58 Command that could be given to the title characters in 17-, 26- and 45-Across? 62 Like Iran vis-à-vis Iraq

63 What grows on Pinocchio 64 Exercise, as influence 65 Renaissance instrument 66 Contacted on Twitter or Instagram, informally

67 Full of the latest

DOWN

1 Spiced tea 2 Locale for Jack and

Jill

3 Indigo plant 4 Keats specialty 5 Like some shriveled tomatoes 6 “Hey, you!” 7 Hiking locale in Switzerland 8 Neither’s partner 9 Vouches for the truth of 10 “Oh, really?” 11 Flatbread from India 12 Singer Tori 13 Wavy do

18 Lab glass 19 Showy basket 23 Poet Pound 24 Enthusiast 25 Kicks out 26 Open wide

27 Missouri’s ___ Mountains 28 Artist Albrecht of the German Renaissance 29 Opulence 30 Google ___ Viewer (tool for charting word frequency over time) 31 Filth 35 Caboose

37 Good thing to keep when trying something new 39 Razed 40 Website that says “Shop by category” 43 Utility org. created in F.D.R.’s New Deal

46 Fly 47 Comma, colon or apostrophe 48 Singer Perry 51 One of Adam’s sons 52 German woman’s title

53 Suffix with Oktober

54 Flew 55 Crockpot dish 56 Birds that symbolize wisdom 57 Main section of a letter 59 “Ground control to Major ___ ...” 60 Consumption 61 180° turn, informally