The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Option in a classic taste test
6 Beat out
10 In vogue
13 “___ moi le déluge”
14 Greeting in an inbox
15 Political commentator Navarro
16 Portrayer of
Carla Tortelli on “Cheers”
18 “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” network
19 Fraternity party container
20 “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” costar
22 Can alternative
24 Squeaker or squealer
25 Least bit
26 Do some whining and whinging about
28 “The Lion King” antagonists
30 Doctor with an eponymous “slip”
31 Bygone copies
34 Hula hoops or fidget spinners, once
35 Huggies, e.g.
37 Aladdin’s mischievous sidekick
40 “No need to worry about me”
41 Start of a toast
43&46 Together with the circled letters, playground keep-away game
47 Relative of a cor anglais
48 Slugger’s stat
50 Filming locale
51 Cause of a comedic slip
55 Group featuring Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and Ice Cube
57 Med. care option
58 Where idols might be placed
61 Actor McKellen
62 Medal-worthy mettle
63 Coral component
64 General whose good name has been battered?
65 Animals found in 16-, 20-, 35-, 51and 58-Across
66 Bottomless expanse
DOWN
1 Place name in Monopoly
2 Fleeting things
3 Had drinks before going out, informally
4 Blue expanse
5 AOL, e.g.
6 Stylish flair
7 “Phooey!,” only stronger
8 ___ school
9 ___ Turnblad, role for Divine in “Hairspray”
10 Talk trash about
11 Still under development
12 “Never-ending” offerings at Olive Garden
14 Columnist Bombeck
17 Get paid
21 Pizzas, e.g.
23 Who just cracked this clue
26 One who likes every one of your Insta posts, say
27 Social media request
28 2013 title role for Scarlett Johansson
29 Mario’s dinosaur sidekick
31 World leader with a distinctive jacket
32 Stock market debut, for short
33 ___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls
36 Standoffish
37 With passion
38 Metropolitan ring roads
39 Manipulate
40 Seller of Uppland and Ektorp sofas
42 Proofers, for short
43 Order from Tony Soprano, e.g.
44 Former White House family
45 Sharp rejection
46 Salsa option
48 Some auctioned autos
49 The missing letters in _UDW_IS_ _
52 Emmy-winning science series
53 Take ___ (snooze)
54 Lightish
56 Where edelweiss grows
59 Antipollution org.
60 Weep audibly