The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Completely enthralled

5 Cry at the end of the workweek 9 Police dept. alerts 13 Purple smoothie fruit

14 Used a loom 15 “Don’t ___ the small stuff” 16 *Amorous cartoon skunk

18 Towel material 19 Pioneering journalist ___ B. Wells

20 Cupid’s Greek counterpart 21 Central position 22 Home project inits.

23 Boxing ruling, for short

24 [I’m cracking up as I type this!] 25 Historic period 27 Secret supply 29 *Impartial court proceeding guaranteed by the Constitution 32 Rocket launch site 34 Family guy

35 Ice cream brand 36 What the answers to the starred clues all are when their first and last letters are removed

39 Poetic tributes

41 Phillipa of “Hamilton” 42 “Gnarly!”

43 *”Just a sec!”

46 Their are too in this clue

50 Source of hardwood

51 Bud

52 Musical set in Oz, with “The”

54 Regret

55 Relating to the bottom layer 57 Numbers game 58 And so on: Abbr. 59 Zsa Zsa or Eva of old Hollywood 60 *Short-lived store event

62 Two-way, as doors 63 Hockey feint 64 Something people trip on

65 Hershey toffee bar 66 Take five

67 “What fun!”

DOWN

1 Dangerous (and thrilling!) part of a river, to canoeists 2 Nailed the exam 3 Orange smoothie fruit

4 50-50, e.g.

5 Bounce one’s booty on the dance floor 6 Disappear like magic

7 St. ___ (skin care brand)

8 Hardly any

9 Wonderstruck 10 Summer meteor shower

11 *Platter used to carry glassware 12 Pig’s place 15 It helps a clown stand tall

17 “_ _ _ Weapon” (buddy cop film) 21 Sauron’s realm in “The Lord of the Rings”

24 “A ___ ought to have a good memory”: Quintilian

26 Gore and Green, for two 28 Involuntary muscle contraction 30 Bonus

31 Thin, as a voice 33 Dreary

36 Game that involves covering one’s eyes 37 Christmas

38 Bread at a seder 39 Winning tic-tactoe line 40 *Repository of genetic material 44 Images that give the illusion of movement 45 Fine-tunes

47 What ministers do 48 Extend beyond 49 Withdraw formally 53 Map enlargement 56 _ _ _ Patch Kids (gummy candy) 57 Bauhaus artist Paul

59 Dog tag wearers, in brief

60 First president to appear on television, familiarly 61 Lumberjack’s tool