The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Kit ___ bar
4 Complimentary
10 Put an edge on
14 Biblical suffix with do or go
15 Dealership offering
16 Start of a carol title
17 Soldier’s food packet, for short
18 Occasion that people are dyeing to celebrate?
19 “How ___ Your Mother”
20 Venmo’s parent company
22 Caregivers’ org.
23 Funders of many campaign ads, in brief
24 Presses into service
26 T-Mobile acquisition of 2020
28 Land in “Game of Thrones”
32 Sizzling
33 ___ bowl (fruity treat)
34 Harold who directed “Groundhog Day”
36 Soon-to-be alumni: Abbr.
39 What you might do after some financial trading … or in this puzzle?
43 Out ___ limb
44 Violin bow application
45 Cry just before the guest of honor arrives at a surprise party
46 A pun is said to be the lowest form of this
47 Ground transportation hub
50 Key of Bach’s “The Art of Fugue”
53 Feature of some dresses
54 Follower of Navy or presidential
55 Private eye, in old lingo
57 Recorded
61 Website designer’s code
62 Moonstruck
64 Milliner’s creation
65 Run ___ light
66 One-pointer in horseshoes
67 Old TV star with the catchphrase “I pity the fool”
68 Low-carb kind of diet
69 No-good cars
70 Scrape (out)
Down
1 Dole’s 1996 running mate
2 Gillette razor brand
3 “… or so ___ say”
4 Musical that was the highestgrossing movie in 1978
5 Less contrived
6 Body parts sometimes compared to steel
7 “Ciao”
8 “10 ___ or less” (grocery sign)
9 Attendants at a heavenly throne
10 1980 Devo hit
11 Villain in the book of Esther
12 Build
13 Times Square sign for B’way fans
21 Deposit 25 Clears up a jumble
27 Santa ___, Calif.
28 Texas Ranger Hall of Fame locale
29 Fiscal subj.
30 Singer Bareilles
31 Hindi “master”
35 They help with course selection
36 Problem on a vinyl record
37 Mulligan, to a golfer
38 Proofreader’s directive
40 Sportscaster Andrews
41 Cultivate a garden plot, in a way
42 Butler in a romance
46 “You betcha”
48 Unkempt person
49 Informal eateries
50 Raison ___
51 Playwright David
52 Oscar-winning Zellweger
54 Frequent quotation attribution: Abbr.
56 Happy as a ___
58 Melodramatic cry
59 Place to walk a dog
60 Suffix with bachelor
63 Singer/ musician with the Imagine Peace website