The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Good or bad vacuum review? 6 Psych (up) 9 Provides a hideout for, maybe

14 “... but it seems like you hate the idea”

15 Round figure? 16 “Well, imagine that!”

17 One performing a palm print analysis

20 Some strays 21 Essence of a good roast

24 Ones playing cornhole, e.g. 25 Core assets? 28 Wedding speech opener

30 Sonny and

Cher, for example 32 Trochee’s counterpart 33 Country bumpkins

37 Tots (up)

38 One of the pounds of a pound cake 40 Something used to improve one’s English?

41 Informal term of affection

42 Grain

43 Downed

44 ___Car Series

45 Repeated Warhol subject

46 Tree in the etymology of “gin”

49 Leads, as a D&D campaign

51 “I’ll take that as ___”

52 Worries

53 Common scat syllable

54 Setting for the memorable cable car scene in “Moonraker” 55 First-aid item 57 TiVo, e.g. 58 Desktop array 60 Factory vessel 61 Singer Gorme 63 Setting of 2019’s “Parasite”

64 “…” equivalent 65 High number? 66 Together

67 ___ degree

68 In a lather, say

DOWN

1 Luke, to Darth Vader

2 Catering vessel 3 “Facts First” sloganeer 4 Hawaiian coffee 5 Features of some beach houses 6 Features in some houses of worship

7 New York City store with 1.2+ million square feet of retail space

8 Something that’s asked

9 “That’s a goldang lie!”

10 Lunch orders often served hot

11 Biblical patriarch with a two-syllable name

12 “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” airer

13 Stand-up comic’s material

18 Clergy, metaphorically 19 Three fighters at the O.K. Corral

21 Thin, unhealthy-looking sort

22 Treats usually served in miniature cups

23 Pizzeria supplies 25 Eventgoers

26 “Booksmart” and “Dumb and Dumber,” e.g.

27 Uninspiring

29 Be up against

31 Hassle

34 “This is just … too much”

35 Adorable sweethearts

36 Stand guard

39 “The Big Bang Theory” role

41 Cassis cocktail 45 Actress Tomei

47 College inits. on both the East and West Coasts

48 Bailout button

50 One way to be missed

55 Man is one

56 Florida has some

59 Sister

62 Solver of this puzzle