The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 When the stage direction “Enter three Witches” appears in “Macbeth”
5 Mower houses
10 Admits (to)
14 “High” time
15 Like abandoned
malls
16 Chain with a “2 x 2 x 2” breakfast combo
17 Seventh heaven
19 Purina rival
20 Virginia Tech
athletes
21 Texting format, in
brief
23 Lead-in to -meter
24 Preach, maybe
25 March Madness
round
28 Barbecue joint
offering
29 Thermostat piece
30 Big name in
Greek yogurt
31 ___-Caps (movie
treat)
32 Gym rep
33 Church founded by Joseph Smith, for short
34 Beatles hit written by a teenage Paul Mccartney
38 Dedicated work
39 Major league?
40 Morning hrs.
43 Like a go-getter
46 Word following
sand or steel
47 Composer ___
Carlo Menotti
48 With 56-Across, hairstylist’s observation (that also applies to 17-, 25- and 34-Across?)
50 “Keep Climbing”
airline
51 St. Louis summer
setting
52 Dallas sch.
53 Wilbur, to Fern, in
“Charlotte’s Web”
54 Dethrone
56 See 48-Across
59 Gym bag
emanation
60 Preprinted word on some nametags
61 Olympic blade
62 Leakes of reality
TV
63 “So long,” in
Seville
64 Prepared to drive
DOWN
1 Last members of
relay teams
2 Fill, as with crayon
3 Acknowledged
applause
4 Many residents
of Nunavut
5 Comedians’
collections
6 “Good one”
7 Blunder
8 Pump option
9 Note by a poor
grade
10 Employer of Carrie Mathison on “Homeland,” for short
11 “Well, whaddya
know!”
12 Tegan and Sara,
e.g.
13 Trackable scents
18 Ruby of “A Raisin
in the Sun”
22 Insistently unhip 25 iphone speaker?
26 Retail giant headquartered in Bentonville, Ark.
27 Angle 29 2021 sci-fi epic nominated for Best Picture
32 Evergreens with
fragrant wood
33 Like a wet noodle
35 One making a
bed, perhaps
36 Significant
stretches
37 Part of a car’s
exhaust system
41 Afternoon
attraction
42 Obtained,
informally
43 Bigwig
44 Bro’s greeting
45 Stages, as a play
46 Went on the road 47 Lose in a logrolling match, say
49 Poker variant with four hole cards
50 “In excelsis ___”
53 Vietnamese
soups
55 Uno + due
57 ___ Lilly and
Company
58 Mo preceder
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