The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Petite pooch, familiarly 4 Small lumps 8 Plot twists may elicit them 13 Group of docs 14 Aware of, as a scheme 15 Lassie, for one 16 Singer Benatar feels blue 18 Consignment shop business 19 Aromatic dried pepper 20 Author Grafton has arrived for dinner 22 An alto probably can’t hit it 25 California ball team 26 Actress Wells has just entered the scene 28 First company to feature a gay couple in a mainstream U.S. TV ad (1994) 29 How a used item may be sold 30 Slugger’s stat 32 Stop by 36 Tailor’s concern 37 Actor Nicholson will bat next 40 Medium for some sculptures with short lifespans 41 Sample 43 “Fly swatter” for an elephant 44 One of a fairy tale threesome 45 Jazzy James 48 Baseball’s Boggs has agreed to join us 50 Shot follower 52 Online magazine covering politics and culture 53 Actor Norris got tagged 55 ___ Lama 58 Chart-topper, e.g. 59 TV father Cleaver has just left the starting line 62 Some garden dwellers 63 Skin care brand 64 Org. with an inspector general 65 Located (in) 66 Lily that is Utah’s state flower 67 Head of England? Down 1 “Come to ___” 2 Country whose name can be an exclamation 3 Compete intellectually (with) 4 Condo restriction 5 Numero ___ 6 “Just so you know…,” in a text 7 “___ and Lovers” (D. H. Lawrence novel) 8 Throws a lo-oong pass 9 One who didn’t make it to the office 10 “12 Years a ___” 11 Things some sorters make 12 Oracle 15 Sound like an old floorboard 17 Protected body parts for goalies and baseball catchers 21 News inits. 23 Circular wedding dance 24 “Fast Money” channel 26 Addlebrained 27 Locale of both the highest and lowest points on the earth’s surface 31 Mike’s candy partner 33 Some engine fuel 34 Purple berry 35 Relative of a sea gull 37 Zipped along on a watercraft 38 Proverbs 39 Name of a mountain range or a river 42 “How do you do it? I want to know” 44 Trial stages 46 Trial stages 47 The Cards, on scoreboards 49 Cool cat 50 Where the compass was invented 51 Science fiction awards 53 Classic N.Y.C. punk rock venue 54 Counting by them takes half the time 56 Big do 57 In that case 60 Ginger ___ 61 Jaunty piano tune