NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pride Month inits.

5 Org. defending 1-Across

rights

9 At full speed

14 This and that

15 “Yay!”

16 1930s vice president John ___ Garner 17 It might pop out of a kid’s mouth 19 Thus far

20 Seven-time All-Star Dave, who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays 21 Wind instrument 23 Heavy metal band whose name is a euphemism for “Jesus Christ!” 27 Notable times

31 Pacific Northwest

hub, informally

32 Main connections,

of a sort

34 Going rates? 39 Touching

40 Carefully explained 42 Profundity

43 Fashion designer whose namesake brand features a rhinoceros in its logo 44 “Count me in!” 47 Distort

48 Swinger’s club 53 Eponymous regattawinning yacht of 1851 54 Bumbling

59 Occupy, as a table 60 Ingredient in some cocktails … or a hint to the last words in 17-, 23-, 32-, 43and 48-Across 64 Occupied

65 Long nap?

66 Actress Dobrev of

“The Vampire Diaries” 67 Bounded

68 “This is probably dumb but I’m doing it anyway” hashtag 69 Online handicrafts

marketplace

DOWN

1 High shots 2 Overabundance 3 Benjamin Netanyahu’s

nickname

4 Choice A for Hamlet 5 Flabbergasted feeling 6 Minor player,

metaphorically 7 Comedian Costello 8 Greatest extent 9 Southern, and then some

10 An official language of New Zealand 11 2014 movie musical starring Quvenzhané Wallis

12 Phone tapping targets? 13 Unused to 18 Great Society prez 22 Audit expert, for short 24 “We deliver for you” org.

25 Off! ingredient 26 Penlight powerers, often

27 “My word!”

28 Fury

29 Rush order

30 Stick in the fire? 33 Under restraint

35 “To …” things 36 Stone-cold cinch 37 Gospel with the

Prodigal Son parable 38 Put in a hold 40 Epitome of gentleness 41 Calculus calculation 43 Evil, in Laval

45 High Sierra runner 46 Like a blank stare 48 Herb with “sweet”

and “holy” varieties 49 ___ acid

50 Institute

51 Wipe away

52 Senator Kaine of Virginia

55 Soccer striker’s jersey number, traditionally 56 Out

57 Female swans 58 Server load?

61 “Well, what have

we here?!”

62 Indian lentil dish 63 Before this time