The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Kind of wine drinker who might remark “I’m getting hints of unripened banana”
5 Tears
9 Tore
14 Biblical shepherd
15 Lovefest, literally
16 Send to cloud nine
17 Like calypso music
19 Atoll material
20 It’s a gas
21 Porcelain
23 SS ___, onetime flagship of the White Star Line
27 Philly Ivy
29 Actress Meriwether
30 Kind of salad with tomatoes, eggs, olives and anchovies
32 It’s often left on the table
34 Second Monopoly avenue
36 “Grody!”
37 Put on
38 Actress Graff of “Mr. Belvedere”
39 Bearded beast
40 Stain
41 Having everything in its proper place
42 Language akin to Thai
43 Spanish queens
44 Hosp. locales
45 Prince of Narnia
47 Art nouveau?
48 Monsieur, across the Pyrenees
50 Criticizes pettily
52 Part of a crystal radio kit
54 Give off
55 Hugo ___, longtime Supreme Court justice
57 Result of connecting the circled letters in a certain way, in a punny manner of speaking
62 Woodworker’s shaper
63 Halley’s comet, to William the Conqueror
64 Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay
65 Suit material for Mr. Toad
66 Class
67 Berth place
Down
1 Egg pouch
2 Hornets are in it, in brief
3 Anthem contraction
4 Cousins of crepes
5 Stiff and mechanical
6 Promoting peace
7 ___ Tour
8 Adjust to match, informally
9 Contents of many an index card
10 Like soliloquy deliverers, typically
11 Moving targets for waves
12 Third Greek vowel
13 Dover’s home: Abbr.
18 ___ Babies (bygone fad)
22 Ear covering
23 Moby Dick, for one
24 Some casino personnel
25 Launch time
26 Arcade fixtures
28 Horseshoe Falls setting
31 Hosp. locale
33 Radio shortcut
35 Gunpowder alternative, for short
37 Super Mario Galaxy console
39 Terrific time, in slang
40 Spare part, perhaps
42 Rendered pork fat
43 Clothing
45 Altered dishonestly
46 “The nerve!”
49 Nook
51 And the following: Abbr.
53 Those, in Segovia
55 Diner order that often comes with a toothpick
56 Bar code?
58 Pop subgenre
59 Web address ender
60 Santa ___ winds
61 Perhaps