The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Needs to recharge, maybe 11 One whose coat of arms displays a unicorn 15 Sporty/casual fashion trend 16 Derisive interjections 17 Acted cheekily (in two senses?) 18 Cry of

frustration 19 Drag 20 Advance 21 They touch people’s funny bones 23 Icon of the small screen? 25 & 27 What you might do “to pay Paul” 28 Required wear in some Hindu temples 30 Google search

results

32 ___ flour

33 Sponsor of the Poetry Out Loud program, for short 34 Discounted 36 They’re kept at Area 51, supposedly 37 Host’s responsibility 39 Complete … or completely destroy 41 “Errare humanum ___” 43 Marvel 45 Scolding word

47 Go on and on 48 Visibly forbidding 49 Hastily applied, as makeup

52 El ___ 54 Surround, with “in” 56 Botanical opening 57 Dance craze mentioned in the Beatles’ “Revolution 9” 59 Pants part

61 Go “Vroom

vroom!”

62 Kind of horn pitched in E flat 63 Online commentariat 66 Appear 67 Sticker in a restaurant window 68 Beau ideal 69 Pen name of Ruth Crowley and Eppie Lederer

Down

1 Wallops 2 Place for dogs to rest 3 Tabloid question next to two people in the same outfit 4 Wing 5 Land, at sea 6 “Gotta run!” 7 “The Tin Drum” narrator

8 Cataclysmic 9 Shrinks, e.g., briefly 10 Group hangout time, slangily 11 “Tsk, tsk!” 12 “Can you say more about that?” 13 “Just what I needed,” sarcastically 14 They might be shot from a basketball court 22 Shaken

24 ___ Watson, role for Lucy Liu on “Elementary” 26 Actor Benjamin of “Law & Order”

29 Fat: Sp. 31 Man’s name that’s an anagram of DOLLY

35 “Uh, yeah!” 38 Chores

40 Be up against 41 It lends a golden color to baked goods

42 Big name in baked goods 44 Chess concession 46 Mother of Persephone 50 Toward the rear

51 ___ Bridal, wedding dress chain 53 Family name in New York politics 55 Lead, e.g. 58 Chichén ___ (Mayan city) 60 Start of an encouragement 64 Colorless 65 “Sweet!”