NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Subject of some family

planning 10 Modern-day locale of the ancient Achaemenid Empire 14 They may get all tied

up

16 2003 search-andrescue target

17 What pings may

indicate

18 High, in Paris

19 Possessive noun? 20 Breathing apparatus

21 “Anything ___?” 22 Reckless

24 Set up

26 Trespasses

29 On

32 ___ Max, pop singer with the 2018 hit “Sweet But Psycho” 33 Romance

34 Clutch, e.g.

35 Landing spot for a bee 38 When a procrastinator

gets to work 41 Libreville is its capital 42 Gave a ticket

43 Fester

44 That there, quaintly 45 Hilson with the 2010 hit

“Pretty Girl Rock” 46 Sparklers

47 Wound

50 Samberg of “Brooklyn

Nine-nine” 52 Declaration at the end

of an exam

53 When Hamilton meets

Burr, in “Hamilton” 56 Site of the Jordan Gate

Towers

60 Tim of “Sister, Sister” 61 What one might say

before conforming 63 Grp. defending trans

rights

64 Sang

65 “Not a ___!”

66 Some bronze

applications

DOWN

1 Danish shoe brand 2 Side dish with pastrami 3 Not sure which way to go 4 Butterfly-attracting perennials

5 Earth

6 Nwodim of “S.N.L.” 7 Reel with hilarity? 8 Prefix with sexual 9 When said three times, expression of mock surprise

10 Blissed out

11 Response to a juvenile joke, perhaps

12 Delight

13 “Point taken”

15 Identity

23 Bob Odenkirk's role on

“Breaking Bad” 25 Fast-moving

26 Expo freebies

27 Tiny bit

28 “Far from it!”

30 Davis of “Do the Right

Thing”

31 Expert in animal

control

34 Pasta for a pesto 36 Tiny bit

37 Court calls

39 Got together

40 Lo ___

46 One who's probably

going to work out 47 Buckle holder 48 Actress Emma

Roberts, to Julia Roberts

49 When a duel may be

scheduled

51 Ocean of “Ocean's

Eleven”

54 Chuck alternative 55 Fill-in

57 Cultural attraction in

midtown N.Y.C.

58 “So right!”

59 “Queer Eye” star

Jonathan Van ___ 62 Chemist Noddack who

co-discovered rhenium