The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Paper size longer than letter

6 Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabet

10 _ _ _ melt (sandwich)

14 Start of a serial

15 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” singer/lyricist 16 Start and end of every row in Pascal’s triangle

17 Crotchety geezer with a heart of gold?

20 Raggedy ___

21 In a permissive manner

22 King, queen or rook

23 Paper-_ _ _

25 City bird

26 “Home

Sweet Home” needlepoint pillow, e.g.?

31 Seal up

32 Greek god of love

33 Streetcar, to a Brit

37 Word with pressure, pocket or pollution

38 Takes offense at

41 Rink surface

42 Capital of Azerbaijan

44 Heredity unit

45 Sorts

47 Coup d’état that’s been judicially suspended?

50 Hotel Bible name 53 “If all ___ fails ...”

54 Decorate

55 “To your health!” toast

58 Employer of manicurists and pedicurists

61 Where social graces were once taught ... or a hint to this puzzle’s theme

64 Like some farewells

65 Febreze target

66 Tickle

67 Hellenic H’s

68 Baseball’s Alonso or Rose

69 “Designing Women” and “Young Sheldon” actress

DOWN

1 Sports org. that awards the Vare Trophy

2 Bring in

3 Labor that requires brawn, not brains

4 After-hours banking convenience, in brief

5 Cosmetic pencil

6 Microsoft game console

7 Tape dispenser insert

8 Raggedy ___ 9 ___ Kippur

10 This evening

11 Wipe from the memory, jocularly

12 Longtime manufacturer of Sweethearts

13 Very pale

18 Comic actor Bowen

19 Film with a huge cast

24 “The Barber and ___ Wife” (“Sweeney Todd” song)

25 Attention-getting sound

26 Sign of healing

27 Director Kazan

28 Novelist Ken 29 Greek goddess of peace

30 Having welldefined muscles

34 Removes the shampoo from, say

35 Rock band on Butthead’s T-shirt

36 Chicken wire pattern

39 “The Candy

House” author Jennifer

40 Yarmulke, e.g.

43 Data in password managers

46 “___ a long story” 48 Oodles

49 Mattar paneer ingredients 50 Embarrassing blunder 51 Nincompoop

52 Prima _ _ _

55 Team

56 Muscle problem 57 Story time monster

59 The Washington ___

60 Drinks labeled “XXX” in comics 62 Short trip

63 Med. plan choice