The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Recede
4 Submit, as homework
10 “Yeah ... I don’t think so”
14 Gymnast Suni of Team
U.S. A.
15 Plaza resident of fiction
16 What some flakes are
made of
17 59-Across from someone
who’s paying?
19 Thus
20 Feature of Jupiter’s
moon Europa
21 Apple field worker?
23 Acronymic title for a
legendary athlete
26 23-Across, in boxing
27 Purchase
30 59-Across from an
anxious caller?
33 Sound of intrigue
34 Thoroughly enjoy
35 59-Across from a
frustrated parent?
41 “I’m ___ of you” (Valentine’s Day message for a plant lover?)
42 Mole that should
definitely be removed?
43 59-Across from a
carpooler?
50 Record label for H.E.R.
and SZA
51 Letters of amusement
52 Erstwhile 54 Tons o’
56 Singing rodent of
cartoondom
57 Bridges in film
59 “Come here often?,” e.g. … or a hint to 17-, 30-, 35- and 43-Across
63 “Frozen” snowman
64 It might include a plus
one
65 Feminist assn. since
1966
66 Storage containers
67 Like matryoshka dolls
68 Speech fillers
DOWN
1 Poet who wrote “April is the cruellest month”
2 “You ___!” (informal affirmative)
3 Appear in public
4 “Whoa, take it easy!”
5 Prefix with rock or country
6 Neither’s partner
7 Game piece with multiple faces
8 Name meaning “God is salvation”
9 Annoy
10 Cab alternative
11 1983 hit song that begins
with “Domo arigato”
12 Prod, and then some
13 Famous bed-in
participant 18 They have issues, in brief
22 Certain itinerant
musician
24 “___ Flux” (1990s
animated sci-fi series)
25 Setting for the “Iliad”
28 “E pluribus ___”
29 Informal affirmative
31 Ones being pointed to at
a distance
32 Good, in Chinese
35 Certain slip-on shoe
36 Die-hard follower
37 Ambient musician Brian
38 Grown-up
39 Topknot, for one
40 Reynolds of “Deadpool”
41 N.Y.C. drive, with “the”
44 Straight-up
45 Five-time
Olympic sprinting gold medalist ___ ThompsonHerah
46 Harvested
47 “___ be OK”
48 Heavenly
49 Key of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony 53 Celeb gossip show
55 Exterminates
57 Word with snow or day
58 QB Manning
60 Drugstore chain known
for long receipts
61 Baby fox
62 Great Basin tribe