NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Blacksmith’s waste 5 More than right … or seldom correct? 11 Chicago-to-Atlanta dir. 14 “Easy to Be Hard” musical of the late 1960s 15 Bad record to set 16 Original “Veronica Mars” airer 17 Absolute power [chopped] 19 “Annabel Lee” poet 20 Writer Joyce Carol ___ 21 1990s Indian prime minister 22 Ending with ecto- or pachy 23 Phrase on many No Trespassing signs [chopped] 27 Including an unlisted number? 28 Brain parts 29 Comic cry of dismay 32 Concerns for golfers 35 Game with scrums 37 Waste minimizers [chopped] 41 Member of the British Commonwealth in the Mediterranean 42 Work hard 43 ___ soda 44 Fiery passions 46 Jamaican exports 49 Self-deprecate, then pause to get a reaction [squeezed] 55 Detail-oriented and then some 56 Cartoon cry of dismay 57 Non-submerging W.W. II menace 58 Lead-in to an ext. 59 Topping made with this puzzle’s chopped and squeezed ingredients 62 ___ reminder 63 Chump 64 Place 65 Drug in the 1980 film “Altered States” 66 Tiny creature on a slide 67 Just in case

Down

1 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit 2 2019 N.F.L. M.V.P. Jackson 3 “___ a stinker?”: Bugs Bunny 4 Be in mourning 5 1981 Grammy co-winner for “Double Fantasy” 6 Omaha stake? 7 Little pest 8 Opposite of radial 9 “Neat!” 10 One in a cote with a coat 11 Id checkers 12 Lululemon purchase 13 “Them” 18 Exam for many jrs. 22 World premiere 24 Barbershop supply 25 Rosewater of Kurt Vonnegut’s “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” 26 Boeuf alternative 29 Skimmer’s target, often 30 Tomfoolery 31 Dark green side dish 33 Brooding style in music or fashion 34 Vice president between Hubert and Gerald 36 Big inits. in handbags 38 Longtime CBS journalist Lesley 39 ___-truths 40 One who may endow a scholarship, informally 45 Concern for one with hypertension 47 Digital video format 48 Real dirtbag 49 Like some flaws 50 Boxer Marciano’s given name 51 Epic mess-up at a critical moment 52 “Seriously!” 53 Yarns 54 Dark beer 59 Nonprofit spot, in brief 60 Secretary of the Interior Haaland 61 #MeToo ___