The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 A hot one might lead to an embarrassing moment
4 Shelled out
8 November imperative
12 Two-term presidencies, say
14 College attendee in “Toy Story 3”
15 Autobiographical heroine of the “Little House” series
16 Starting with an X in the corner, say?
19 Billionaires’ homes, often
20 Name with Slim or Diamond
21 “Stupid me!”
22 Excel (at)
23 Formula 1 Grand Prix locale
25 Rocket launcher that makes a whimsical buzzing sound?
30 Informal garb for working from home, informally
33 Cry like a baby
34 It may be marked with an X
35 Feels remorse about
37 Part of a bad trip, maybe
40 “Winning ___ everything”
41 Ran in place
43 Store whose products often
come with Allen wrenches
45 “Woo-hoo!”
46 Become a leading citizen of North Dakota?
50 Activist Abrams
51 “Wouldn’t that be nice!”
55 Feeling in Yosemite Valley, say
57 Used to be
58 Italian dish similar to grits
60 Disrespected adviser?
63 One who might check all the boxes?
64 ___ Rachel Wood of “Westworld”
65 Ship or mail
66 It goes downhill fast
67 Lucy’s “I Love Lucy” co-star
68 Daisy Ridley’s role in “Star Wars”
DOWN
1 Hands (out)
2 Like everyone on March 17, it’s said
3 Prickly pears, e.g.
4 Unit in a duel
5 Life study of the biologist E. O. Wilson
6 Possible response to “Who wants ice cream?!”
7 What might get to the root of a problem?
8 Shop ___ (article of cleaning equipment)
9 Like hiking, bird-watching and similar activities
10 The Ronettes, e.g.
11 A pop
13 Reeked
15 Some breathing lessons
17 Starters
18 Fey who wrote “Bossypants”
23 Placate
24 ___ Bush, Missouri representative and Black Lives Matter activist
26 End of the London Blitz?
27 Be beholden to
28 Coffee-growing region of the Big Island
29 Affected, in a way 30 Strait-laced sort
31 Sport whose name means “way of gentleness”
32 Kind of gas station that’s illegal in New Jersey
36 Goal for a politician
38 Alias letters
39 “___ out!” (ump’s cry)
42 Part of a chest
44 Able to bend over backward, say
47 Volunteer’s statement
48 Like matryoshka dolls
49 Jesse who won four Olympic gold medals in 1936
52 Bury
53 Diamond, e.g.
54 Like pansies, but not touchme-nots
55 Bread boxes?
56 Ewe got it!
58 Smartphone ancestors, in brief
59 Prefix with -vore
61 Word after Club or before school
62 Time of preparation, maybe