The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Insect that builds a paper nest

5 Takes a

breather

10 Fig. of total economic output 13 Mayberry boy

of 1960s TV 14 Make legal 15 Logs, for a fire 16 Riddled (with) 17 Lamented Princess of Wales

18 Sin often associated with green 19 Major-league team from the Motor City 22 Frozen H2O 23 Female deer 24 Not quite right 27 Start of a

tennis rally 29 “Hold your

horses!” 32 Variety

34 Prefix often associated with green

35 “You there!” 36 Ballot for candidates of more than one party 40 One that gives

a hoot? 42 Humor 43 Container at a

beer bash 44 Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representative 47 Greek I’s 51 Two-___ sword 52 Precollege

exam

54 Genetic

material 55 Comes out ahead in either case … as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across? 60 Sources of

much spam 62 Helper in

conning 63 Nuptial

exchange

64 At no cost 65 Stage before

metamorphosis 66 Gambling mecca north of Carson City 67 Gave a meal to 68 Helpers 69 Genesis garden

Down

1 “People are

saying …” 2 Each

3 Kitchen gizmo

for flour

4 Equal 5 SiriusXM

medium

6 Best of the best 7 Part of a

window blind 8 Morrison who wrote “Beloved”

9 Gala giveaways 10 Item with cross

hairs

11 Home of Carson City: Abbr. 12 Two-___ toilet

paper 15 Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named 20 Three-time Pro Bowler ___ Beckham Jr. 21 Dine 25 “Nevertheless,

___ persisted” 26 Porker’s

quarters

28 Big shot, for

short

29 Italian for

“seven” 30 French for

“here” 31 Tick-___ 33 Green-fleshed

fruit

36 How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion 37 “Tiny” Dickens

boy

38 Singer Urban 39 A narcissist has

a big one

40 Be in debt 41 Lump of

chewing gum 45 What good movie trailers do 46 Gridiron scores, for short

48 Sent to another team

49 “Can I get a volunteer? Somebody …?”

50 Jeans brand popular in the 1980s

52 Do, as a

crossword 53 Book of maps 56 Mallorca, e.g. 57 Bangkok

native 58 Something “in the hand” that’s “worth two in the bush” 59 Something an informant might wear 60 Very close pal,

informally 61 Mine cart

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