The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 “Take it easy”
7 Letters above
2 on a phone
10 Bit of regalia
14 Area around a nipple
15 Word with level or legs
16 No later than
17 Feeding apparatus at a petting zoo
20 Sun, in Spanish
21 Tiny hill-dweller
22 Bits of news
23 One who is one, e.g.
26 Rib structure
28 Slightest opportunity
34 Cooks in the oven, maybe
35 Future atty.’s exam
36 Word that can be a state abbreviation
37 Not outer
38 “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?”
39 Second-brightest stars
41 Tina of “30 Rock”
42 Ilhan in Congress
44 Country singer Underwood
45 Big name in underwear
48 Raise to the third power
49 “___ I’m saying is …”
50 Dirty look
53 Victory
55 “Whoops,” in a text
58 Rapper with the 2010 hit “No Hands”
63 High point
64 “___ we there yet?”
65 Spiteful feeling 66 Headquarters
67 Dedicated poem
68 Where to find the starts of 17-, 28-, 45- and 58-Across?
DOWN
1 Parts of some smiles
2 You can open it with a twist
3 Peddle
4 “Haha”
5 Cheer for a matador
6 Khmer temple
7 Phrase of clarification
8 Ideal scenario
9 Toadstool topper
10 Product of solar steeping
11 Nook in a church
12 Academic acronym
13 ___ d’oeuvres
18 “The Banana Boat Song”
19 Last thing to go in a pocket, one hopes
23 Big name in speakers
24 Plastic grass
25 Group whose “Butter” video was the fastest to reach 100 million views on YouTube (2021)
27 Obama health legislation, for short
28 Dead duck
29 Yuzuru ___, first skater to successfully land a quadruple loop in competition
30 Bat an eye, say
31 Certain explosive, informally
32 Assert
33 Otherwise
34 Funky bit of noodling
38 Something agreed upon by consenting sexual partners
40 Greek god of love
43 Word with angry or flash
44 Cartoon frame
46 Alpine climber’s tool
47 Bit of hair
50 Home test kit component
51 County north of San Francisco
52 Just gets (by)
54 Beverage brand whose mascot is a polar bear in a sweater
55 Mangle, e.g.
56 Community pool org.
57 “I’ve ___ thinking …”
59 Dweller on the Mekong River
60 Bass booster
61 Sky safety org.
62 Inc. cousin