The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Peak climbed in the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo”
10 Ancient symbols of royalty
14 Catholic university outside Philadelphia
15 [Fingers crossed!]
17 Cheating sort
18 Grinder
19 Hauls in
20 Cozy seating for outdoor reading
22 Half of an exchange
24 What “2” can mean
25 Fashion designer Marc
26 Like sun bears and sloth bears
29 His number “6” was retired by the Yankees in 2014
31 Last straw on “Family Feud”
35 Check
38 ___ jeans
39 Resident of a certain Ivy League town
40 Like
41 Many a resort on the Dead Sea
42 Southern cocktail made with crème de menthe, crème de cacao and cream
44 Crow, say
46 Ruin
47 Many a demoiselle d’honneur
49 Situation Room grp.
51 ___-Seal (waterproofing treatment brand)
52 Result of multiple paper cuts?
55 PETA pet peeves
59 Over-thecounter name for naproxen
60 Translation of some loud yawns
62 Change hands, in a way?
63 Not last
64 Nothing to write home about
65 “Wait, just listen”
Down
1 First name that, reversed, is part of a church
2 “___ Rose” (song from “The Music Man”)
3 Iron, e.g.
4 Kind of cast
5 A nice touch 6 Maladroit
7 Bull mascot of the Houston Texans
8 Fend off
9 Unit for several detectives on “The Wire”
10 Designs
11 Start of the day for many people
12 It’s found around a crime scene
13 Defeat soundly
16 So
21 Word with bar or pipe
23 Part of Roy G. Biv
26 They take cards or cash
27 Oniomania, n. the uncontrollable desire to ___
28 “That seems likely”
30 Fame
32 Hair piece
33 Response to unfair criticism
34 ___ the Exhorter, character in Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”
36 The spy in “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold”
37 Speak in a husky voice?
43 Blasphemous
45 Fall fall
47 48-Down away
48 A long way
50 One might be seen by a bank
51 What coxswains do
53 Jared who played the Joker in “Suicide Squad”
54 Disaster relief org.
56 Void
57 Pasta topper
58 Lend a few bucks to, say
61 Army Corps of Engineers project