The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Part of the deck from which a dealer deals
4 Appear to be fine
10 Shots of shooting stars, say
14 Not online, to a texter
15 Where Hemingway worked on “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
16 Kind of wave
17 *Wagers at the casino (11) 19 It goes in the middle of a table
20 “___ away” (“RuPaul’s Drag Race” catchphrase)
21 Water-confiscating org. 23 Commercial prefix with Pen
24 Lead-in to state or stellar
25 *Profit at the casino (+2 = 13)
28 Woman’s name that sounds like a pair of letters of the alphabet
29 Certain buckwheat pancake
30 Bait
31 What some toy horses do
32 Burrower in sand or mud
33 Device making robocalls
34 *Casino game associated with the sum of this puzzle’s shaded squares
37 Isolated
40 The tallest one in the U.S. is California’s Oroville
41 Icicle locale
45 Neighbor of a Saudi
46 Offload quickly
47 Sue at Chicago’s Field Museum, e.g.
48 *They’re worth 10 points at the casino (+1 = 14)
50 Command for hard copies
51 Years ___
52 Suffix with second, but not third
53 It’s mouth-watering 54 Knoll
56 *Has a wash at the casino (+7 = 21!)
59 Creatures on an Escher Möbius strip
60 Kind of culture satirized in “American Psycho”
61 Figures on “The X-Files,” in brief
62 Flow slowly
63 Like good catchphrases and comebacks
64 Henna, for one
DOWN
1 A bit more buzzed
2 Location of the “The Most Magical Place on Earth”
3 An estimated 80% of marine debris
4 Fleece
5 Like pie, but not cookies?
6 Actress Noblezada who got a Grammy for “Hadestown”
7 Mischievous fairy queen
8 Approximate weight of the Liberty Bell
9 Japanese fried cutlet
10 “Got it!”
11 What may be cheaper if it’s automatic 12 Yoga asana often paired with Cow
13 Max ___, Academy Awardwinning composer of “Now, Voyager”
18 What’s highlighted in some makeup tutorials
22 Shenanigan
25 Smart ___
26 Chewy chocolaty morsel
27 It whistles in the kitchen
29 Bit of condensation
33 A little sweaty, say
35 Camera brand with a red circle logo
36 Some copier woes
37 To the extent that
38 Picture
39 Polo brand
42 Last word in GPS directions, often
43 Buttery-soft
44 It’s a stretch
46 Rehearsal
49 “Sir, this is an ___” (meme punch line)
50 “The Ballad of ___ Jones”
53 Bypass
55 It’s a “gift”
57 Clean water org.
58 Messenger, for one