The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Part of a

modern circuit 12 Onetime MTV

figures 15 Vegan sushi

option 16 Extended

stretch 17 Regional

coverage plan? 18 Marble ___ 19 Bit of work 20 Bit of work 21 Lit 23 Muckraker who pushed for “model tenements” 25 Things with periods in their names 27 Actor

Ansari

28 “Look before you leap” source 30 Control+Y

on a PC 31 Reading block? 32 Optometrist’s favorite musical note? 34 Became clouded over 36 [Just like that!] 38 Hamilton settings 39 Real-life ice age beast seen on “Game of Thrones” 43 Like some

light smokes 47 Played

for a sap 48 Place to pick up chicks 50 Brazil’s fourth-largest state by population 51 The Philippines’ ___ Archipelago

52 Egyptian

sky god 54 Smart

55 Some chess

sacrifices

57 Let 58 Celebratory move popularized by Cam Newton 59 “Mr.” who has stitches in his face 60 Sloppy joe

ingredient 64 Work that

shows love 65 “Meridian” and “The Temple of My Familiar” novelist 66 Edamame

discard 67 Metric for gauging female representation in works of fiction

Down

1 New Orleans

cocktail 2 They can’t stay quiet when tickled 3 Like a film that’s 2 1/2 hours or so 4 Fish market supply 5 Player, perhaps 6 “None but the Lonely Heart” writer/director, 1944

7 “That’s

cheating!” 8 Like a blue jay 9 Like bad

drivers, often 10 French

pronoun 11 “Listen!,” e.g. 12 Sprint

competitor 13 Driving the

wrong way? 14 Welcomed

blessing? 22 Snapchat feature that alters one’s features

24 Got into a lather 26 Political cartoonist Edward 29 Stem

33 Lab, for one 35 Gearshift part 37 Amplifier for

stage actors 39 Bunny

picker-upper? 40 “Heck yeah!” 41 Kin 42 Individually 44 Western legend, familiarly 45 Some shooting stars 46 Gullible rodent in a Scott Adams comic 49 Kicked

53 Ski town near Mount Mansfield 56 Run through 61 Stadium cry 62 Spanish

seasoning 63 ___-tab