The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 ___ Technica (popular website with tech news)

4 Place for meals on

wheels

10 Org. since Nixon’s

presidency

13 Chest muscle, for

short

14 Demi with the 2017 hit

“Sorry Not Sorry” 15 Kind of story 16 “Omigosh, girl!” 19 “Reckon so” 20 Quagmire

21 Specifics, in slang 22 “Uh, yeah!”

23 “Dang, girl!”

28 Scare word 30 Northwest airport,

familiarly

31 “To ___ by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men”: Ella Wheeler Wilcox 34 Hand grenade, in

slang

36 Important part of a

bloodhound

37 Figure in Final Fantasy 38 Camera setting 40 Grain storage spots 41 “Leaving already?” 43 Supports for choirs 44 Inhabitants

47 Problem that’s holding things up 50 Little croaker 51 Newsstand display, for

short

55 City whose first two letters are its state’s postal abbreviation 56 Longhorns, e.g. 57 Place for a pizza 58 New York theater on the National Register of Historic Places, with “the”

60 Food critic’s asset 62 Romantic composer

Gustav

63 Do a favor

64 Remained

65 Swift to soar to the

top of the charts?

DOWN

1 Gardener’s annoyance 2 Actress Witherspoon 3 They’re not really to

blame

4 Says a prayer over 5 Steak sauce brand 6 Some mobile homes,

for short

7 Animal that, despite popular belief, is usually lactose intolerant

8 Manhattan Project

subject

9 Herky-jerky, as movements

10 Event for antique

lovers 11 Crew

12 Mariana Trench, e.g. 17 Get out the ___

18 One who takes a bow before success rather than after?

24 ___ garden 25 Language akin to Thai 26 Ends of some exciting

games, for short 27 Persian Gulf land, in

brief

28 Inseparable buds 29 Approximately 32 Composer Stravinsky 33 “Untouchable” agent

35 & 37 “Wow, girl!” 39 “Wham!”

40 Follower of yes or no 42 Place for a sensor in

tennis

43 Jupiter has a “great”

one

45 Facilities in England 46 It’s just an act

47 Fakes

48 Gently sting, as with

cold

49 Welcome in Waikiki 52 To no ___

53 Very beginning 54 Unattractive facial

expression 59 Dungarees (brand 61 Defense org.?