CROSSWORD

Crossword

ACROSS 1 Soon, in memos 5 Crime outing 10 Disconcerts 12 Like lambs 13 Bizarre 14 Splinter groups 15 Keats work 16 Small chirper 18 Box office buy 20 "Roses — red" 21 Inkling 23 Marked a ballot 24 Lion's pride 26 Monopoly card 28 Sedan or SUV 29 Blocks up 31 Little laborer 32 Strike participant 36 Growth of trees 39 New Haven student 40 Subatomic particle 41 Seething 43 Gladden 44 Caruso, e.g. 45 Tightly packed 46 Groan inducers

DOWN 1 Underway 2 — Arabia 3 Early Mexican 4 For each 5 "— fan tutte" 6 Opposite of "sans" 7 Prospector's tool 8 Went in 9 Took a breather 11 Left the group 17 Numbered rd. 19 Family 22 "Be honest!" 24 Street opening 25 Craftsman 27 PC key 28 Place for a sleeping pet 30 Clumsy one 33 Reeves of "Speed" 34 Rocker John 35 Strata 37 Barracks sights 38 Pants part 42 Gym unit

The New York Times Crossword Edited by Will Shortz

The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS 1 Buds 5 Concealer for the face 9 Pre-K building blocks 13 Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot 14 Stick it to your rival! 15 Bring in 16 Twill-woven worsted wool garment 17 Fix, in a way 18 Purple bubble tea flavor 19 Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief 20 Short sidekick? 21 Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball" 22 Dub over? 24 Cuatro y dos 26 Business magnate Condé 28 Promising places? 32 Ferry or wherry 35 Start of an incantation 37 Pastoral sound 38 Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme 42 Inspired stuff 43 Pro device 44 ___ out a win 45 Bond alternatives 47 "... no one ever" 50 Edge jump in figure skating 52 Scenes on Black Friday 56 Kaitlin of "Hacks" 59 Pawn 61 Addendum to the five W's 62 Female antelopes 63 "'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem) 64 Woodsy scent 65 Top of a mosque, often 66 Column in decimal notation 67 Central Plains people 68 Losing streak 69 Column in decimal notation 70 Cheeky

DOWN 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 20 Reddit Q&A sesh 21 Purple shade 23 Prefix with body or bacterial 25 Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically 27 "Toodle-oo!" 29 One way to run 30 Actors like biting into a juicy one 31 On board, say 32 Pollster's concern 33 "Handling this as we speak" 34 Hairstyle that you've picked out? 36 Kings and queens, e.g. 39 Canon competitor 40 ___ facto 41 Makeover 46 Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps 48 Digital security credential 49 Get to 51 Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two 53 Cannellini, e.g. 54 Organ-related item in a wallet 55 Perfect place 56 Expert employed by a sportsbook 57 "Show me some real effort!" 58 It's not a full stop 60 Room in the audience up for grabs 63 Absolute train wrecks 64 Andy Warhol, e.g.