NYT ACROSS CLUES
1 What Professor Moriarty was a professor ofMATH
5 Some lunchbox sammiesPBJS
9 AbrasiveHARSH
14 “O.G. Original Gangster” rapperICET
15 McFlurry flavorOREO
16 Walled city near MadridAVILA
17 Just like ___THAT
18 Grant consideration, sometimesNEED
19 Hell of a guy?SATAN
20 Things with hardware and software componentsCOMPUTERSYSTEMS
23 Quickly join a call, with “on”HOP
24 Infantry members, in briefGIS
25 In the style ofALA
26 Bunny first appearing in “Space Jam” (1996)LOLA
28 Bit of attire that sends the message “I mean business!”POWERTIE
33 Someone terrorizing kids in a 1986 Stephen King novelSCARYCLOWN
36 Big letters in home securityADT
37 MethodsWAYS
38 One of the Manning brothersELI
39 Societal troublesILLS
40 Many a Monopoly property: Abbr.AVE
41 Participation dance in which you “turn yourself around”HOKEYPOKEY
44 Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century awardMARADONA
47 Captain von Trapp’s betrothed, in “The Sound of Music”ELSA
48 Rapper Lil ___ XNAS
49 Cause of wear and tearUSE
50 Command centers, for shortHQS
53 The main takeaway ? or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-AcrossWHATITSALLABOUT
59 Entered speedilyRANIN
60 Ending of “The Bachelor”?ETTE
61 “___ you vera much!” (punny valentine)ALOE
62 Standing upERECT
63 Suit material?TORT
64 “I’ll ___”BITE
65 Full of the latestNEWSY
66 Features of some cruise shipsSPAS
67 NailedACED
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
1 Comedian Hedberg who said “I’m against picketing but I don’t know how to show it”MITCH
2 Allergic reactionACHOO
3 One who works well with othersTEAMPLAYER
4 Start of many URLsHTTP
5 Firebird makerPONTIAC
6 2020 N.F.L. retiree who leads all QBs with 123 regular-season games of 300+ passing yardsBREES
7 TauntJEER
8 Repairs, as a golf greenSODS
9 Big inconvenienceHASSLE
10 “___: The Way of Water” (2022 film)AVATAR
11 Bar mitzvah, for oneRITE
12 Major disSLAM
13 Franz’s partner in old “S.N.L.” sketchesHANS
21 NastyUGLY
22 [What a snoozefest!]YAWN
27 Surgery sites, for shortORS
28 Many a Weird Al Yankovic medleyPOLKA
29 Boo-booOWIE
30 One may dominate a conversationTALKAHOLIC
31 Not doing anythingIDLE
32 Place to order handmade goodsETSY
33 Took a lap, perhapsSWAM
34 Spanish sparkling wineCAVA
35 Soul singer BridgesLEON
39 Apple devices run on itIOS
41 Parasite’s placeHOST
42 “We totally should!”YESLETS
43 “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi,” e.g.PLEA
45 BuffooneryANTICS
46 Like food served at a tea partyDAINTY
49 Michelob ___ (light brew)ULTRA
51 Car dealer’s offeringQUOTE
52 Knight’s “trusty” companionSTEED
53 Small songbirdWREN
54 Fabled slackerHARE
55 All over againANEW
56 Makeup of a matchSETS
57 Straddling, sayATOP
58 ___ ghanoujBAB
