The full solution for the NY Times May 21 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Zachary David Levy and edited by Joel Fagliano.
Across Clues
- 1 Hit a serve pastACED
- 5 Ballet dancer’s bendPLIE
- 9 Lightens (up)EASES
- 14 Word after golden or slideRULE
- 15 Often-discarded part of a fruitRIND
- 16 Canonized personSAINT
- 17 Cheat sheetsCRIBNOTES
- 19 Post-panel seshQANDA
- 20 Male catTOM
- 21 Big name in public opinion researchPEW
- 23 It might be pokedFUN
- 24 Cry of disgust that sounds like 24-DownUGH
- 27 Fruit also known as calabashBOTTLEGOURD
- 31 “Yeah, I suppose”GUESSSO
- 33 Soup kitchen utensilsLADLES
- 34 Stare open-mouthedGAPE
- 35 Target, as a wide receiverPASSTO
- 38 Outbuilding for many a historic homeCARRIAGEHOUSE
- 43 Millennial’s successor, informallyGENZER
- 44 Tennis do-oversLETS
- 46 “That’s pretty nifty!”OHNEAT
- 49 Fashion house whose logo features MedusaVERSACE
- 52 Counterpart to a landlineMOBILEPHONE
- 55 Appreciative textTHX
- 56 Schedule abbr.ETA
- 57 Middle name for Alec Baldwin and Carly JepsenRAE
- 58 Go the other wayZAG
- 60 Indian royalsRAJAS
- 63 Make safer, in a way … or what the starts of 17-, 27-, 38- and 52-Across might be?BABYPROOF
- 68 Pageant topperTIARA
- 69 Often-discarded part of a fruitSTEM
- 70 InactiveIDLE
- 71 One-___ banditARMED
- 72 Biblical pronounTHEE
- 73 Nonnegotiable thingNEED
Vertical Clues
- 1 Airplane’s path on a flight map, oftenARC
- 2 Junkyard dogCUR
- 3 Roth of “Inglourious Basterds”ELI
- 4 Red scare?DEBT
- 5 Sneak previewsPROMOS
- 6 Happening, in modern parlanceLIT
- 7 BumblingINEPT
- 8 Old car make named for Henry Ford’s sonEDSEL
- 9 Abbr. on a lawyer’s business cardESQ
- 10 Highly rated, as a bondAAA
- 11 IniquitousSINFUL
- 12 Stick it outENDURE
- 13 Array at a farmer’s marketSTANDS
- 18 NogginsNOBS
- 22 Language in which “w” can be a vowelWELSH
- 24 Australian boot brandUGG
- 25 Green dip, familiarlyGUAC
- 26 Purifying filter acronymHEPA
- 28 November birthstoneTOPAZ
- 29 One purring in PeruGATO
- 30 Nonalcoholic beer brandODOULS
- 32 Composer RachmaninoffSERGEI
- 36 RipenAGE
- 37 Kind of motor used in roboticsSERVO
- 39 Down-to-earthREAL
- 40 Lead-in to mingle or mezzoINTER
- 41 Ticket assignmentSEAT
- 42 Cut quite a figure?ETCH
- 45 Something a prenatal ultrasound can determineSEX
- 46 Mafia code of silenceOMERTA
- 47 Windbag’s outputHOTAIR
- 48 Classic video game with the catchphrase “He’s on fire!”NBAJAM
- 50 Biological catalystENZYME
- 51 Collect what’s been sownREAP
- 53 “Blue Ribbon” brewerPABST
- 54 Toffee bar brand since 1928HEATH
- 59 BeamGRIN
- 61 “What ___ the odds?”ARE
- 62 Down in the dumpsSAD
- 64 Wax producerBEE
- 65 Shelley’s “To a Skylark,” for oneODE
- 66 World Cup chantOLE
- 67 Put quarters in, as a meterFED
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