NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Like the comment “I heard you the first 10 times!” 6 Biceps locale 9 Hide (away) 14 With 45-Across, one who’s adorable

15 Mauna ___ 16 “Gadzooks!” 17 “Mrs. America” actress Uzo 18 Goal of some meditation

20 Kylo ___ of

“Star Wars”

21 Like many items on Etsy

23 Home front? 25 Grasslike swamp plants 29 Hugs, on a love letter

30 Politicians in the House of Commons: Abbr.

31 Kind of milk that’s an alternative to soy

32 Headstrong

36 One of 12 on a die

37 Bruins’ sch.

38 Ideal scenario 40 What large birds typically do less often 41 Comparative word

42 Flesh out some wedding plans, perhaps

44 Pop star Grande, to fans 45 See 14-Across 47 Body shot, in brief?

48 Cain with a 2012 presidential campaign 50 Roughly putting (together)

55 Like September’s equinox

57 Path to enlightenment 58 What the five formations of circled letters in this puzzle represent

61 ___ omen (Latin akin to “Heaven forbid”) 63 Wonderland girl 64 Before, in poetry

65 Neighbor of a Slovene

66 Many a Jane Austen setting 67 Pistons or Lions, on scoreboards 68 Netflix’s “Sparking Joy With Marie

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DOWN

1 Freak out

2 “The Shield of Achilles” poet 3 Publicity act

4 12- or 62-Down 5 Response to “Who, me?!” 6 ___ Thompson a.k.a. Honey Boo Boo

7 Unruly 8 Palindromic title 9 Subjects of King Carl XVI Gustaf 10 Muscular 11 Breathtaking feeling

12 Member of the fam

13 “___ a Tramp” (Disney song) 19 Hoarse voice 22 “Let’s talk …” 24 Fearsome pteranodon of classic film 26 “Waiting for ___”

27 Former U.S. coin worth $10

28 [Do not delete] 30 What an Impossible Burger lacks 32 Clayey color 33 Serena’s best friend on “Gossip Girl” 34 British bum 35 Common garment for tie-dyeing

36 ___ alert

37 Great Salt Lake locale 39 Venomous snake 43 Colorfully named victim in the U.K. version of Clue

45 Mark Twain title character 46 Fancying 49 “America’s Bodyshop” company 50 Informal summons 51 Infancy

52 “You wanna fight? Let’s go!” 53 Mythological being that’s an anagram of DIANA

54 Arrived at 56 Treated as a pawn

58 Major vegetable export of Nigeria (nearly 70% of the world’s total) 59 Portuguese greeting 60 Ingredient in a Negroni 62 Member of the fam