NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Shout to a pest 5 European capital whose name most people incorrectly accent on the second syllable 10 Actress ___ Pinkett Smith 14 N.B.A. coach Steve 15 Drenched 16 Road sign with an arrow

17 Chromebook competitor 18 How a hamburger may be ordered 20 Flammable gas represented in 18-Across and 9-Down 22 Dance in the days of doo-wop 23 Unwelcome acknowledgment 24 Wearers of kilts 29 What “*” or “†” may mean

32 “!!!”

33 Ambulance

driver, for short

35 “Bye for now!”

36 1990s BP

38 acquisition Respiratory gas represented in

36-Across

41 Back tooth

42 Part of da-DUM,

da-DUM, da-DUM 43 ___ soap 44 Santa ___ winds 45 Where the lowest-numbered avenues in Manhattan are 48 Clothing brand with a horse head logo 50 Devices that may serve as cash registers 54 Like non-Rx meds 55 Pungent-smelling gas represented in 57-Across and 49-Down 57 “Sixteen Candles” director, 1984 62 “It’s urgent” in the E.R. 63 “No way, José” 64 Bandmate of Harrison, Lennon 65 and “S.N.L.” McCartney alum Fey 66 Kind of dancer 67 Bar, in legalese 68 Do a price check on, e.g.

Down

1 Removes, as

cream

2 Charles Atlas and

others

3 Speak to a

crowd

4 Group in a pit 5 Cut, as logs

6 Day care knee

scrape, e.g.

7 Beef marbling 8 “Sorta” suffix 9 Sneeze sound 10 Vehicles made for rough terrain 11 Word after fire … or a synonym of fire

12 Put down, in slang

13 “No thanks, I already ___” 19 Means of hair removal 21 “Come as you ___”

24 Fixed time 25 Insurance filings 26 Easily changing emotions 27 One leading the festivities 28 CARE, e.g., in brief

30 W.W. II arena 31 Send into exile 33 Low-cost prefix 34 Of the cheek 37 Distance markers along a highway 39 ___ mints 40 Kimono sash 41 Rank under

Lt. Col. 46 Blame, as for a crime

47 Like 10-watt light bulbs

49 “Tiny Bubbles” singer

51 Very silly 52 1981 royal bride 53 The Devil 55 Flying start? 56 Letters on an auto sticker 57 Earthenware container 58 “Well, what have we here?!” 59 Clasp 60 Sporty autos 61 Protection against sunburn