The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Blackthorn 5 Motion to

strike?

9 Noted figure in genetic research 14 Affectionate gesture that might get some blowback? 15 Govt. workplace overseer 16 Provide things

for

17 Where students may be plotting 19 Saint ____ (West Indies nation) 20 Customer

service state? 21 Enter on tiptoe 23 Focal point of

ancient Athens 24 Take exception

to

26 Power tool used for mosaics 28 Early voting

site

32 They’re often “baked in” to podcasts 35 Tenants’ collective protest 36 Fossil fuel alternative 37 Congratulations 39 Sidewalk

shader

40 Reef builder 41 Creator of the nine circles of Hell

44 Film character who takes “the red pill”

45 Get a little

punchy? 46 Comes (from) 48 Site of the

Wailing Wall 50 Actress

Thompson 54 Hidden

57 “The Wizard of

Oz” prop

58 Bat mitzvah

figure 59 Common directive in 17-Across

… or what to do with five squares in this puzzle 62 Anyone who’s

“in” this is out 63 County in New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania 64 Phrase that’s a real gamechanger? 65 Impede 66 Expert service

provider? 67 Disney queen

Down

1 Nation that switched from right- to lefthand traffic in 2009 2 Preceder of the

Chen dynasty 3 Prefix meaning

“correct” 4 Strongly urge 5 Successfully

pitched

6 Body image

focus group? 7 Sounds of

realization 8 Low-pitched

woodwind 9 Actress Mirren 10 Problem that may have several factors 11 Good thing to

be in 12 Numeral on

some sundials 13 60 minutes,

for one 18 L’Oréal

competitor 22 Unfamiliar 24 Toon with the catchphrase “You eediot!” 25 Body shop fig. 27 “Aux innocents ___ mains pleines” (“Fortune favors fools”) 29 Giant in chemicals manufacturing 30 Decline

31 2012 film centered around a hostage crisis 32 Kindergarten

series 33 Decline 34 Singer

Bareilles 36 Honeybun 38 Unknown quantity in a 10-Down 39 Off-roader, in brief 41 Great salt lake 42 Add up to 43 Zero

46 Dr. based out of Compton, Calif.

47 Snap with a

stick, maybe 49 Alpine athlete 51 Bad-tempered

expression 52 Wraparound

garments 53 Rabbit ears,

e.g. 54 Standing on

the street 55 Sport with a

stick 56 Published remembrance, for short 57 Divided by, in

fractions 60 Middle-earth

menace 61 What an impostor tries to sell