The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Long-term

appeal

5 Rock star

Cobain

9 Leave off

13 Q: How much does it cost to park at stadiums? A: ___ 14 Postpone, as

enrollment 15 Captain in “The Mysterious Island” 16 “My allergies are really acting up!”

18 Sicily’s highest

peak 19 Unusual time to start a vacation 20 YouTube

content

22 “It ___” (pompous arrival’s declaration) 23 “That third strike cost us the game!”

26 Like Swarthmore, but not Bryn Mawr

28 Food industry

lobby, for short 29 Frost bit?

30 Not leave to

chance 33 Run for fun,

perhaps 35 Spanish 101

verb 36 “I keep losing things in the dryer!”

39 Mitch’s husband on “Modern Family” 42 Architect ___

Ming Pei 43 Calligraphy

details 47 Hoard 49 Head across

the pond? 51 Ella Fitzgerald

forte 52 “My iPhone never works!”

56 Wearer of a “Y”

sweatshirt 57 Wackadoodle 58 Stand by the

pool, maybe 60 Fit for the task 61 “This bug spray is useless!”

64 Marquis

de ___

65 Like many a

campfire story 66 Water

pitcher 67 Pressure,

informally 68 It may be on

the house 69 One who’s got

your back

Down

1 Maze runners 2 National Medal of Arts recipient whose novel “Juneteenth” was published posthumously 3 Special treats 4 Put (away) 5 Puzzle whose name comes from the Japanese for “cleverness squared” 6 World traveler? 7 Hi-___ 8 Fountain near the Spanish Steps

9 Wired 10 Shooting stars 11 “What’s the point in me even trying” 12 Glass elevator? 14 Easter egg

decorator 17 Absolutely,

informally 21 Call upon 24 Place to purchase pencils and paint 25 Prizefight

ending 27 Lemon or

turkey 31 Upped the ante 32 Old-fashioned

preposition 34 Microsoft

Surfaces, e.g. 37 The Big

Easy

38 Typical college interviewees: Abbr. 39 Business that offers body waxing 40 Creatures named for their changing shape 41 Roald Dahl

heroine 44 Nickname for the subzero 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game

45 Balls in a

pocket 46 Recipe that might call for ginger and soy sauce

48 Word with fair

or fight 50 Chooses to receive marketing emails, say 53 Prize declined

by Sartre 54 Diet-friendly 55 Just scrape

(by)

59 Bit of creativity 62 Scented

souvenir

63 Is after

you?