The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Pedal effect on a guitar
5 “Shoot”
10 Chuck, e.g.
14 Larry’s housemate on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
15 A toast 16 Hardly to be had
17 Designs
19 Humblebragger’s words
20 Parts of surround sound systems
21 Socks (away)
23 Winner of nine Grand Slam titles
24 Short turnaround?
26 Capital of 52Down
29 Keister, in Leicester
30 Half of a sawbuck
31 Unprincipled
32 Exams for future J.D.s
34 Separate from all the others, say
35 Urgent care provider, in brief
38 Many P.S.A.s … or the four circled squares in this grid?
40 Lilliputian
41 Famous peanut grower
43 “Giant Brain” unveiled in 1946
45 Split
46 Revolutionary icon
47 Browns and stouts
51 1990s “S.N.L.” cast member
52 VW hatchback
53 Dazzled
54 Grind
56 Like some libertarians
58 Broadcast personality Kelly
60 One drawing lots?
62 Friends
63 Whole
64 Ciudad del ___, Paraguay
65 Informal meeting
66 Pool shot with lots of spin
67 Place to store things
Down
1 Michigan congresswoman Slotkin
2 Focal point
3 Some accommodations
4 Length of a short, maybe
5 Concerning
6 Mountain coverings?
7 “Kitchy-kitchy-___!”
8 Where a minister lives
9 Animated sister of princess Anna
10 “The Inbetweeners” or “Fawlty Towers”
11 Shamefully admits defeat
12 Miscalculate, say
13 “S.N.L.” head writer from 1999 to 2006
18 Early platform for The Legend of Zelda, for short
22 Suburb of San Diego
25 Put under a microscope
27 Give five stars, say
28 Sheltered at sea
30 Longtime Packers QB Brett
31 Man’s name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet
33 Sweetener from a leaf extract
35 Shoe brand originating in Denmark
36 Kind of Ovaltine
37 Kodama, in Japanese mythology
39 Taking a break
42 Certain outer coating
44 Dental pointers?
48 Like an Oscars afterparty
49 Discarded computers and the like
50 Had a stimulating conversation?
52 See 26-Across
53 “How was ___ know?”
55 Pond film
57 A or B, but not Y or Z
58 “Mom” network
59 Shade
61 Some colas