The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Gin-flavoring
fruit
5 Edinburgher,
for one
9 Y’s in roads
14 “Jesus ___” (shortest verse in the Bible)
15 Syllables sung in “The Farmer in the Dell”
16 Producer of tears in the kitchen
17 One way
38-Across is offered
19 Not an original
20 Dis-band?
21 Big name in
elevators
23 Collect it all!
24 Slovenly sort
26 Another way
38-Across is offered
28 Soccer official,
informally
31 Kuwaiti leader
33 Like a latte made with nonfat milk, in cafe lingo
34 Coffee
or tea
36 Hang around
aimlessly
38 Colorful meal in a Dr. Seuss story
44 Swampdwelling salamander
45 Dirt
46 Attacks from all
sides 49 “Toodle-oo!”
52 Yellowstone
herd animal
53 Another way
38-Across is offered
55 Disorderly
crowds
57 Leg, in old
slang
58 Woes
60 Calc, for many an engineering major
64 Endure
66 Another way
38-Across is offered
68 Like the dragon at the end of a hero’s tale
69 Watson who portrayed Hermione Granger
70 Opposed to
71 Neat and tidy
72 Barbecue
rod 73 Speak with a hoarse voice
Down
1 Big gulp
2 Fallon’s predecessor on “The Tonight Show”
3 Chooses
4 Shared cultural
values
5 Psychedelic fungus, slangily
6 Spy org.
7 Toledo’s home
8 The Lone Ranger’s companion
9 Abandoned
10 It shares a computer key with an exclamation point
11 Mercilessly
criticizes
12 The “K” of
K-pop
13 Overbearing and unpleasant, say
18 Vogue
competitor
22 Photo-sharing
app, familiarly
25 Utter nonsense
27 Swallows, e.g.
28 Notorious ___ (onetime Supreme Court nickname)
29 Make a misstep 30 Service charge
32 Name that’s practically synonymous with synonyms
35 “I already know her”
37 Faith with a holy site in Mecca
39 Dietary vitamin
or mineral
40 Ford flop of the
1950s
41 Gardening tool
42 Afflict
43 Annual Jan.
honoree
46 Huge favor
47 Make
possible
48 One who won’t take no for an answer regarding
38-Across
50 Part of an Abraham Lincoln costume
51 Start of a spell
54 Cary of “The
Princess Bride”
56 Popeye creator
Elzie
59 Knucklehead
61 Covid-19,
informally
62 Grub
63 Cotton swab
brand
65 Guacamole, for
one
67 “Eww! I didn’t need to know that!”