The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Recede
4 Submit, as homework
10 “Yeah ... I don’t think so”
14 Gymnast Suni of Team U.S.A.
15 Plaza resident of fiction
16 What some flakes are made of
17 59-Across from someone who’s paying?
19 Thus
20 Feature of Jupiter’s moon Europa
21 Apple field worker?
23 Acronymic title for a legendary athlete
26 23-Across, in boxing
27 Purchase
30 59-Across from an anxious caller?
33 Sound of intrigue
34 Thoroughly enjoy
35 59-Across from a frustrated parent?
41 “I’m ___ of you” (Valentine’s Day message for a plant lover?)
42 Mole that should definitely be removed?
43 59-Across from a carpooler?
50 Record label for H.E.R. and SZA
51 Letters of amusement
52 Erstwhile
54 Tons o’
56 Singing rodent of cartoondom
57 Bridges in film
59 “Come here often?,” e.g. … or a hint to
17-, 30-, 35- and
43-Across
63 “Frozen” snowman
64 It might include a plus one
65 Feminist assn. since 1966
66 Storage containers
67 Like matryoshka dolls
68 Speech fillers
Down
1 Poet who wrote “April is the cruellest month”
2 “You ___!” (informal affirmative)
3 Appear in public
4 “Whoa, take it easy!”
5 Prefix with rock or country 6 Neither’s partner
7 Game piece with multiple faces
8 Name meaning “God is salvation” 9 Annoy
10 Cab alternative
11 1983 hit song that begins with “Domo arigato”
12 Prod, and then some
13 Famous bed-in participant
18 They have issues, in brief
22 Certain itinerant musician
24 “___ Flux” (1990s animated sci-fi series)
25 Setting for the “Iliad”
28 “E pluribus ___”
29 Informal affirmative
31 Ones being pointed to at a distance
32 Good, in Chinese
35 Certain slip-on shoe
36 Die-hard follower
37 Ambient musician Brian
38 Grown-up
39 Topknot, for one
40 Reynolds of “Deadpool”
41 N.Y.C. drive, with “the”
44 Straight-up
45 Five-time Olympic sprinting gold medalist ___ ThompsonHerah
46 Harvested 47 “___ be OK”
48 Heavenly
49 Key of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5
53 Celeb gossip show 55 Exterminates
57 Word with snow or day
58 QB Manning
60 Drugstore chain known for long receipts
61 Baby fox
62 Great Basin tribe