The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “Sounds exciting,” sarcastically

6 First verb in the Lord’s Prayer 9 Trim

13 Pages (through) 14 Commercial follower of “-o-” 16 Super-duper 17 Employer of nurse sharks? 19 Name spelled out in a Kinks hit

20 Laudatory lines

21 ___ Claire, Wis. 22 Delicacy in a tiny spoon 24 Fig. in the form XXX-XX-XXXX 25 “It’s green and slimy” and “It tastes like the ocean”? 27 Climate agreement city 29 Site of the fall of man 30 Late Saudi journalist Khashoggi

31 “With this ring, I ___ wed” 33 Crushing setback

37 Seal the deal

38 Big scare of a couple of decades ago … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme 39 Sign away

40 Own (up)

41 “___ mío!” (Spanish cry) 42 Storied toymakers 43 Deadlocked

45 Less colorful

46 Nerd’s goal on a dating app? 51 Yodeler’s peak

53 Ciaos at luaus 54 Brouhaha

55 Fruit in some gin 56 Animal relative of a hinny 57 Pointy bill or tail feathers? 60 Dr. ___, film enemy of Austin Powers 61 Bring up … or something that might be brought up 62 Unidentified person, in slang

63 Climax in “Hamilton” 64 Dunderhead

65 Having a body mass index over 30, medically

DOWN

1 Actor Edward James ___ 2 State of mind

3 Jokey parts of prank calls, often

4 Sci-fi travelers, for short 5 Presidential advisory grp. 6 Times New Roman alternative 7 Accumulated, as expenses 8 “Jeez, I did NOT need to know that!”

9 Fictional sport whose rules are invented during play 10 Sarge’s superior 11 Something a bride or groom might acquire

12 Fruit from an orchard 15 Give in (to)

18 Levi’s alternatives

23 One of 17 Monopoly properties: Abbr. 25 Traditional wedding wear, for some

26 Really needs a bath, say 28 Complained angrily and loudly

30 What “choosy moms choose,” in ads

31 Knot-___ (scout’s skill) 32 Necessity for life, chemically speaking

34 Be a hermit, say 35 Supreme leaders 36 Five-time Pro Bowl receiver Welker

39 Diluted

41 Not as bright

44 Itinerary word

45 T.A.’s overseer

46 Having renown 47 Message on a candy heart 48 “Cross my heart!”

49 Pops, to tots

50 Things that might make one cry “Foul!”?

52 Black tea variety

55 Knife

58 Promoter of Teacher Appreciation Week: Abbr. 59 Sellout show inits.