The New York Times Crossword

By Jay Silverman

ACROSS

1 1860s presidential

nickname

4 Ploy

8 Montreal’s rapid

transit system

13 Disadvantage

14 Côte d’___

(French Riviera)

15 Sign in a gift shop around Mother’s Day, maybe

16 Like 2023, but not

2022

17 Royalties from Stevie’s “Superstition”?

19 Vega’s

constellation

21 Super-skinny ties

22 Geological period

23 Royalties from Neil’s “Heart of Gold”?

26 Indonesian resort

destination

27 More metallicsounding

28 Prevents from

escaping

30 Chicago trains

31 Kind of diagram

33 Light bulb units

34 Royalties from Tom’s “Free Fallin’”?

37 Colorado city

known for skiing

40 “___: Legacy”

(2010 sci-fi movie)

41 Whopping

44 Gives a hand of

cards 47 Utter foolishness

49 Life ___ (flotation

device)

50 Royalties from Barry’s “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”?

52 QB’S mistake:

Abbr.

53 Garlic mayo

spread

54 Lively dance at a

Jewish wedding

55 Royalties for any

musician?

59 Back muscle,

informally

60 Fidelity alternative, for investors

61 Innocent sort

62 Gobbled

63 Slowly leaks

64 “Being ___: A Puppeteer’s Journey” (2011 documentary)

65 Color of 64-Across

DOWN

1 One who might light altar candles in a religious ceremony

2 Hydrating skin

product

3 Evasive strategies on the football field

4 Uncooked

5 Emmy-winning

actress Aduba

6 Tanned and then

some

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0822

7 Urgent care pro

8 Crowds of rowdies

9 Goof

10 Whence dawn

breaks

11 Illuminated from

behind

12 Appoints as a

minister

15 Slushy summer drink portmanteau

18 Fraternal order named for an animal

20 Journalist Curry

24 Starting

assumptions

25 Borscht ingredient

26 Not much to write

home about

29 “Oh, dang!”

32 W.S.J. competitor

34 Attack, as with

snowballs

35 Kind of thinking

36 First-class

37 Provides

mentorship

38 What an asterisk

might mean

39 Land for grazing

41 Like magnets

42 Go over again

43 Danced like Elvis

45 Doubly

46 “Pick me! Pick

me!”

48 Slangy turndown

51 “The L Word” co-creator ___ Chaiken

53 Contributes

56 Midday refresher

57 Korea’s ___ Jong

Un

58 Bay Area airport

code