The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Camping trip rental
4 “Me day” destination
7 First in a convoy
14 Devalue
16 Well-informed (of)
17 Material much used for Indian dresses
18 Provider of moral support?
19 What good art can make you do
20 Gave the once-over
21 Creatures in a pod
24 Fish that’s an ambush predator
26 Took to an auto impound
30 Wild hog
31 Writer Janowitz
33 Emperor whose mother was Agrippina the Younger
34 Comfort
37 “You must be this tall to ___” (amusement park sign)
39 McKellen or McEwan
40 Kids’ party game … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters
43 Asset when playing SkeeBall
44 Home of Miami University
45 Classic lollipop with a “Mystery Flavor” flavor
47 Hankerings
49 Planets, poetically
51 Trim
52 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band
54 Crunchy, wasabi-coated morsel
55 Wrench handle?
56 “What happened now?!”
58 #carpediem
60 More likely to daydream, say
63 Hold lovingly
67 Place for a poser
68 Announcement upon a late arrival
69 Virtual critters since 1999
70 Belief system
71 Greenpeace, e.g., in brief
DOWN
1 Device associated with the advice “Be kind, rewind”
2 “Gotcha!”
3 Never-been-worn
4 People who might bug others
5 Mononymous “King of Football”
6 Jewelry under a sock, perhaps
7 Bit of gear for a talk show host
8 Online retailer whose first sale was a broken laser pointer
9 Stop, in French
10 Exactly right
11 One getting hailed on Broadway?
12 Silent communication, for short
13 GPS path: Abbr.
15 To the extent that
21 Baby deliverers, for short
22 Some best buds
23 Slander
25 There might be a ring to it
27 Parodist Yankovic
28 Deletion
29 Crime boss
32 Condition that affects executive function, in brief
35 Tech exec
36 Canyon rebound
38 Mer contents
41 Sites of frequent touchdowns
42 Go really, really wrong
43 Writer Rand
46 Boyz II ___
48 Movie theater morsel with white sprinkles
50 Waves, perhaps
53 Doorbell sound
55 Bedside buzzer
57 Like Scotch served without ice
59 Has an open tab, say 60 Dict. listing
61 “The Raven” poet
62 “A long, long time ___ …”
64 Cacophony
65 Video call annoyance 66 Angsty genre