The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Insect that builds a paper nest
5 Takes a
breather
10 Fig. of total economic output
13 Mayberry boy of 1960s TV
14 Make legal 15 Logs, for a fire
16 Riddled (with)
17 Lamented Princess of Wales
18 Sin often associated with green
19 Major-league team from the Motor City
22 Frozen H2O
23 Female deer
24 Not quite right
27 Start of a tennis rally
29 “Hold your horses!”
32 Variety
34 Prefix often associated with green
35 “You there!”
36 Ballot for candidates of more than one party 40 One that gives a hoot?
42 Humor
43 Container at a beer bash
44 Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representative
47 Greek I’s
51 Two-___ sword
52 Precollege exam
54 Genetic material
55 Comes out ahead in either case … as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across?
60 Sources of much spam
62 Helper in conning
63 Nuptial exchange
64 At no cost
65 Stage before metamorphosis
66 Gambling mecca north of Carson City
67 Gave a meal to
68 Helpers
69 Genesis garden
Down
1 “People are
saying …”
2 Each
3 Kitchen gizmo
for flour
4 Equal
5 Sirius XM medium
6 Best of the best
7 Part of a window blind
8 Morrison who wrote “Beloved”
9 Gala giveaways
10 Item with cross hairs
11 Home of Carson City: Abbr.
12 Two-___ toilet paper
15 Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named
20 Three-time Pro Bowler ___ Beckham Jr. 21 Dine
25 “Nevertheless, ___ persisted”
26 Porker’s quarters
28 Big shot, for short
29 Italian for “seven”
30 French for “here”
31 Tick-___
33 Green-fleshed fruit
36 How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion
37 “Tiny” Dickens boy
38 Singer Urban
39 A narcissist has a big one
40 Be in debt
41 Lump of chewing gum
45 What good movie trailers do 46 Gridiron scores, for short
48 Sent to another team
49 “Can I get a volunteer? Somebody …?”
50 Jeans brand popular in the 1980s
52 Do, as a crossword
53 Book of maps
56 Mallorca, e.g.
57 Bangkok native
58 Something “in the hand” that’s “worth two in the bush”
59 Something an informant might wear
60 Very close pal, informally
61 Mine cart contents