NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Shout to a pest
5 European capital whose name most people incorrectly accent on the second syllable
10 Actress ___ Pinkett Smith
14 N.B.A. coach Steve
15 Drenched
16 Road sign with an arrow 17 Chromebook competitor
18 How a hamburger may be ordered 20 Flammable gas represented in 18-Across and 9-Down
22 Dance in the days of doo-wop 23 Unwelcome acknowledgment 24 Wearers of kilts
29 What “*” or “†” may mean
32 “!!!”
33 Ambulance driver, for short
35 “Bye for now!”
36 1990s BP acquisition 38 Respiratory gas represented in 36-Across
41 Back tooth
42 Part of da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM 43 ___ soap
44 Santa ___ winds
45 Where the lowest-numbered avenues in Manhattan are
48 Clothing brand with a horse head logo 50 Devices that may serve as cash registers 54 Like non-Rx meds 55 Pungent-smelling gas represented in 57-Across and 49-Down 57 “Sixteen Candles” director, 1984
62 “It’s urgent” in the E.R.
63 “No way, José”
64 Bandmate of Harrison, Lennon and McCartney
65 “S.N.L.” alum Fey
66 Kind of dancer
67 Bar, in legalese
68 Do a price check on, e.g.
DOWN
1 Removes, as cream
2 Charles Atlas and others
3 Speak to a crowd
4 Group in a pit
5 Cut, as logs
6 Day care knee scrape, e.g.
7 Beef marbling
8 “Sorta” suffix
9 Sneeze sound
10 Vehicles made for rough terrain 11 Word after fire … or a synonym of fire 12 Put down, in slang
13 “No thanks, I already ___”
19 Means of hair removal
21 “Come as you ___”
24 Fixed time
25 Insurance filings
26 Easily changing emotions
27 One leading the festivities
28 CARE, e.g., in brief
30 W.W. II arena
31 Send into exile
33 Low-cost prefix
34 Of the cheek
37 Distance markers along a highway
39 ___ mints
40 Kimono sash
41 Rank under Lt. Col.
46 Blame, as for a crime
47 Like 10-watt light bulbs
49 “Tiny Bubbles” singer
51 Very silly
52 1981 royal bride
53 The Devil
55 Flying start?
56 Letters on an auto sticker 57 Earthenware container
58 “Well, what have we here?!” 59 Clasp
60 Sporty autos
61 Protection against sunburn