The New York Times Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
1 ____ 2600 (bygone console)
6 Raised
10 Worker welfare org.
14 Guitar accessories
15 ___-de-camp
16 Close by
17 “This cardboard belt is a waist of paper,” for example?
19 Like the Gobi
20 Capacity
21 Noon, on some clocks
22 Sharp increase
23 Year abroad
24 Good times doing bench presses?
27 “Canvases” for crossword constructors
29 Bread for baba ghanouj
30 Billy the Kid, for one
32 Granola grain
33 Reusable shopping bag
37 Why the pizza oven is so hard to clean?
41 Egyptian ruler from
51 to 30 B.C., familiarly
42 “Curious …”
43 “I want a turn!”
44 Auditioned, maybe
46 ___ poker (bluffing game)
48 Desire in the dessert aisle?
52 Stock advice, say
55 ___ Horan, Irish musician
56 Summertime quaff
57 Hand, in Spanish
58 ___-Seltzer
59 Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across
62 Overflow (with)
63 It has the makings of a hero
64 Took a dive
65 Tax form figs.
66 Convention freebies
67 One way to be in love
DOWN
1 Capital of Ghana
2 Prey snatcher
3 Issue a mea culpa
4 Mechanical repetition
5 “Sorta” suffix
6 White tees and blue jeans, e.g.
7 Hit the ball out of the park, say
8 End of an academic address
9 Fox’s refuge
10 How hors d’oeuvres may be served
11 Typographical embellishment
12 17-syllable verse
13 French forest in a
Shakespeare play
18 Ticked, as a box
22 Took a load off
24 Where tourists might take a picture of themselves seemingly holding up a tower
25 Iridescent gem
26 Singer Ora
28 Mollusks named for their shape
30 Largest movie theater chain in the world
31 “Hilarious!,” in a text
32 Shabby, maybe
34 Lasted longer than
35 Cinephile’s channel
36 Scrape (out)
38 Shout with laughter
39 Little whirlpool
40 Bedframe piece
45 Snakelike fish
46 “Black Panther” composer Göransson, who shares his first name with another famous composer
47 “OK, got it”
48 Nipping pests
49 Nettles
50 Like some wine barrels
51 Boxer Ali
53 How many sardines are packed
54 Petulant
57 WhatsApp owner
59 They might be checked at the door
60 Not a lot
61 One that ewe can count on?