The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bad singer?

4 Start (with)

8 Thingy

14 “I kissed thee ___ I kill’d thee”: “Othello”

15 T, as in tests 16 Cause to boil 17 Ones sporting man buns and ironic T-shirts, say 19 Early 1900s kitchen appliance 20 Closest living relatives of whales 22 Land of plenty? 23 Strikebreakers 24 It may get pushed back on the weekend 28 Aggressive campaign 32 Pelvic joints 34 Finely ground quartz

35 They enforce discipline among legislators 40 Gusto 41 “Where’d you get that ___?” 42 Locations of some dives

44 Like park ranger’s pants, often 46 ___ Ziff, Marge’s ex-boyfriend on “The Simpsons” 47 Kind of gland 49 Three sheets to the wind

54 Bob of “Full House”

56 Common bit of golf attire 57 Inseparable … or like three pairs of answers in this puzzle? 62 Quiet

63 Little dipper? 64 Can’t stand 65 Maker of Brownie Brick Road ice cream

66 4 x4 67 Meetings for two 68 Muscle targeted by military presses, in brief 69 ___ school

DOWN

1 Get back into shape

2 Come up 3 Lukewarm 4 ___ the Autopilot, inflatable balloon character in “Airplane!” 5 Dicing onions, mincing garlic, etc. 6 Symbol that Mac users get by pressing Option + Shift + 2 7 Contents of birdhouses 8 Home to Planck, Einstein and Heisenberg when they won their Nobel Prizes 9 Nightmare personified 10 Petite, for one

11 TV journalist Pressman with a Peabody and 11 Emmys 12 Freudian topics 13 State since 1845: Abbr. 18 Dust-up 21 Admits 25 Noticeably unfriendly 26 Does a groundskeeper’s job 27 Exhibited relief, in a way

29 Smart ___ 30 Dorm room feature

31 Tel. number addons

33 It can be heavier in the summer 35 Rodentlike relative of a rabbit 36 Condition that fidget tools can help with, for short

37 Bring up

38 Not stay neutral 39 Compete in a Summer Olympics event 43 Stephen of “The Crying Game” 45 Most asinine 48 Deal sealers 50 Particular, for short 51 Run-of-the-mill 52 Upper echelon 53 Took performanceenhancing drugs 55 Caught on audio 57 Taunt

58 Like some highfiber cereal 59 Changing fortune, metaphorically 60 Texter’s farewell 61 Biblical verb with “thou” 62 E.P.A.-banned pesticide