The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bladderball players,

historically

5 “OMG, stop!”

8 Certain city guide

14 Leaving a participle dangling

in English class, say

15 Words after a long day 17 World capital since 1971 18 Displays of villainous delight 19 “Yeah, yeah, I get it”

20 Hog calls

21 Vibrating part of

some instruments

22 Honda model

23 Grand ___, town in Nova Scotia that’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site

24 Sorry

26 Fixed a short in, perhaps 28 Bed material

32 Flash of inspiration

35 Cheery greetings

37 Takes home

38 “Open wide”

40 Liniment, e.g.

41 Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzer-winning novel “The Overstory”

43 Not be bothered

by something

45 Some Deco pieces

47 What makes a drink alcoholic 48 “Yipes!”

50 Word with heat or devil 51 Launchpad for many

comics, in brief

52 Rev counter

56 What U.P.S. routes

tend to avoid

58 “Pronto!”

59 Break in?

61 Cat or cow, in yoga

62 “Ish”

63 God in the Marvel Universe 64 Brews

65 Umami enhancer 66 Breakout group?

DOWN

1 Words after a tirade 2 “Well, well, well!” 3 Needing P.R. help, say 4 Saturate

5 They’re proven to be true 6 What a star signs

7 “Let’s do this!”

8 Christmas wreath material 9 Hagen in the American

Theater Hall of Fame 10 Symbol on a score 11 Good speller?

12 New York stadium eponym 13 Psychotherapist’s

concern, in brief 16 Antlered animals

23 Anti’s antithesis

25 Cry that might accompany

a forehead slap

27 “Ready!”

29 Galactic scale? 30 Mom-and-pop shop : David ::

___ : Goliath

31 “Not ready!”

33 Time to drop the ball, in brief 34 Fried side dish

36 Certain credibility

assessment

39 Got hitched?

42 Domain of the god Triton 44 “Follow ___ Fair Sun”

(Thomas Campion poem) 46 Top-of-the-line

Mercedes-Benz

49 Kind of diet that might

include an egg fast 52 Judgmental sounds

53 On the job

54 Prop for Willy Wonka

55 Mr. ___

57 Like cheddar, but not brie 58 They’re equipped

for treatments

60 Limit