The New York Times Crossword

By Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class

ACROSS 1

Race that winds down in the winter?

7 Weigh (down)

10 Cup holder

13 Long line of travelers

15 Long line on a face

17 1998 film featuring N.B.A. star Ray Allen

18 Someone who sees

the big picture

19 Nintendo Switch

forerunner

20 Strike ... or something that can be batted

22 Dead lines?

23 All over

25 Singers

28 Excellent credit

rating

30 Familiar with

31 “Miracle Workers”

airer

34 Dish near a water

cooler?

38 Face of a two-yearold, perhaps

39 Durango dirección

40 Anyone born in

early August

41 Yoga pose that stretches the abdominals

42 Islands atop coral

reefs

43 Only person whose first and last name together is listed as an adjective in Merriam-webster

45 Who’s “Comin’,” in

a Laura Nyro tune

46 Sport in a ring

47 Equal: Prefix

48 Steno supplies

51 Caterwaul

55 ___ Carta

57 Piece of work

59 Expert

60 With 63-Across, Freudian concept of resisting temptation ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle

63 See 60-Across

65 Certain gastropod

66 “The meeting hasn’t started yet, has it?”

67 MSNBC competitor

68 Phi ___ (college

group, familiarly)

69 Used acid, say

DOWN

1 Most common vowel sound in English

2 Stored, as supplies

3 ___ Abrams, role

on “Glee”

4 Trail

5 Ellipse

6 Title lyric that precedes “There’ll be days like this” in a Shirelles classic

7 Hindquarters

8 Yoko from Tokyo

9 Yield

10 Ones who’ve answered “Yes!”

11 Nicolas who directed “The Man Who Fell to Earth”

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0810

12 Somewhat off

14 Smart thermostat

brand

16 Digestive fluid

21 Accommodations that a bank might float a loan for?

24 Stands by

26 Codeine or methadone

27 Hack (off)

29 Flying _ _ _

32 Vice president

after Jefferson

33 Animal whose skull is the subject of Georgia O’keeffe’s “Summer Days”

34 Back then

35 Farm suckling

36 Its home is on the

range

37 Downturn

38 N’awlins lunch,

maybe

41 Some investments

43 Lament

44 Agile and flexible

46 Stable arrangement

49 Responsibility

50 Immigration policy established in 2012, for short

52 Media mogul whose production company is her name in reverse

53 Took down

54 Was amused, in

textspeak

55 Catchall category:

Abbr.

56 “Couldn’t agree

more!”

58 Move the needle?

61 ___ generis

62 What’s added atop a croque-monsieur to make it a croque-madame

64 Dr. Mom’s specialty, for short