The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Feature of a garden or novel

5 One way to be taken 10 Ingredient in some calming

oils, for short

13 Per item

14 Like Venus, but not

Aphrodite

15 Corduroy feature 16 Marriage, e.g.

17 How many times Napoleon

was exiled

18 Certain golf club

19 & 21 “The Simpsons” character who is a kids’ TV host

23 Dish eaten with both

chopsticks and a spoon 24 Camera lens, essentially 25 Bowling locale

26 & 29 Fast-food

spokesperson with a goatee 31 Vineyard products made

with frozen grapes

33 “O Sole ___”

34 Spots on TV

35 Muscat resident

37 Horror franchise since 2004 40 Commercial ending with

Water

42 British P.M. before Gladstone 45 & 49 Silent film star who

portrayed the Little Tramp 50 Actress Day with a Presidential Medal of Freedom

51 West of Hollywood

53 Block number, for short? 54 & 56 Titular Dr. Seuss

troublemaker

59 Learning by memorization 60 Bernardo’s girlfriend in

“West Side Story” 62 Flight-related prefix 63 “Hello, sailor!” 64 Formal denial

65 Hit the ___ (go to bed) 66 “____-hoo!” 67 Welcome

68 “What ___ is new?”

DOWN

1 Corporate benefit

2 Den

3 Grows eightfold

4 What must go on, per an

adage

5 Pretentious, perhaps

6 With 61-Down, accessory worn by 19-/21-, 26-/29, 45-/49 and 54-/56-Across, as depicted four times in this puzzle’s grid

7 Friendship

8 Apt rhyme for “stashes” 9 Thigh/shin connector 10 Singer/songwriter King 11 Leaf ___ (fall tool) 12 Restaurant chain with a

Grand Slam breakfast 15 “I’m on it!”

20 Morrison with a Presidential

Medal of Freedom 22 “Please?” 24 K-5 sch. designation

26 Org. in many spy novels 27 Condition that may involve repetitive behavior, in brief 28 Thin-stemmed

mushroom

30 Some Pennsylvania Dutch

speakers

32 In low spirits

36 “Sweet!”

37 Herb named for its

medicinal properties 38 Boxing family surname 39 Triumph

40 Costing an arm and a leg 41 “Casablanca” role

43 Allergy symptom

44 Placate

45 Retractable feature of a PC

or stereo, once

46 Holiday laughter

47 “Am not!” response

48 Key of Dvorák’s “New World”

Symphony

52 Absinthe flavoring

55 Zesty taste

56 Fruity pastry

57 Lob trajectories

58 Take a hit

61 See 6-Down