The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “In like a lion, out like a ___”

(March adage)

5 Knee stabilizer, in brief

8 Quaff

14 Moises of baseball fame 15 One of the fire signs 16 “Marvelous” TV character 17 Alternative to 2% … with or

without the shaded letter 19 Lawn trimmers

20 Scuffle

21 Simpson with an I.Q. of 159 23 Modern lead-in to “-verse” 24 Place to practice martial arts 26 One-named singer with the

2000 hit “Only Time” 28 Tex-Mex dish

31 It may be half of a blackjack … with or without the shaded letter

35 On the briny

36 N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Bill 38 “Doctor ___”

39 Small stream

40 Vision that’s subject to

interpretation

41 Alien conveyances

42 The Golden Bears of the

N.C.A.A., familiarly 43 Mediterranean country with

8,500 miles of coastline 44 On a streak?

45 Things that might be raised in court … with or without the shaded letter

47 Bajillions

49 Brand for which Garfield was

once a “spokescat”

50 Memo heading

51 Trojan War hero

54 V.A. concern 56 Chardonnay, for one 60 Corkscrew pasta

62 They might eliminate teams … with or without the shaded letter

64 2013 Sheryl Sandberg best

seller

65 Big name in outdoor gear 66 Hobbit foes

67 Whoopee cushion, for one 68 Luxury handbag initials 69 Meh

DOWN

1 Streaming hiccups 2 Soothing ingredient

3 Water repellent?

4 Make a mistake while sitting

down?

5 Comedian Wong

6 Member of a string quartet 7 Thor’s mischievous brother 8 “Seriously, though?!”

9 ___ dash

10 Sandwich on a sesame seed

bun

11 “Gotcha”

12 Muppet that sings “Doin’ the

Pigeon”

13 Disney princess who can

conjure ice 18 Not worth discussing 22 Airport near Olympia,

informally

25 Absolutely incredible 27 Nikkei 225 currency 28 Ridiculous display

29 “Take me ___”

30 Word with shot or mold 31 Gets out of Dodge

32 Not just bad

33 ___ Island (location that’s

not really an island) 34 Pharmacy amounts 37 Playground retort

41 Fruit of the Loom product

featuring superhero themes 43 ___ Grissom, longtime “CSI”

character

46 Wearisome

48 Dionysian party

50 Sits around

51 Guthrie who wrote “Alice’s

Restaurant”

52 One of the Coen brothers 53 Slightly

55 Nimble

57 Do for Billy Preston, once 58 Ones ranking below cpls. 59 Canadian gas brand 61 Actress Vardalos

63 Not feel great