NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Trace of smoke 5 Mcentire known as “The Queen of Country”

9 Like aged cheddar 14 Length x width, for a rectangle

15 Major monitor maker

16 Flooring installer 17 Engaged in some risky behavior 20 “Eww, I didn’t need to know that” 21 Nonnegotiable salary limit 22 Microphone jack, for one

27 Sit-___ (some protests)

28 “Thar ___ blows!” 29 Poetic contraction that omits a “v” 30 Measure of time, in music

32 Alternative to a station wagon, in brief

33 Cook for too long, say

35 Chunk floating in the Arctic Ocean 36 “I’m appalled!” 41 “Whose ___ Is It Anyway?” (longrunning improv show) 42 Alphabetically first group in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 43 Curtain hanger 44 Watch over, as a fire 45 Agcy. for drivers 46 Veer suddenly 47 Flaky fish

48 Be honored before

burial

52 Portuguese or

Spanish

55 French word that sounds like an English pronoun 56 With 67-Across, in a sudden and completely apparent way ... or a punny description of this puzzle’s circled letters 62 Enclosures for

shark watchers 63 The “R” of I.R.L. 64 Messy, semiliquid

substance 65 Analyze, as ore 66 Droops

67 See 56-Across

DOWN

1 “A good time ___ had by all”

2 Tick off 3 Dolphin’s home 4 Labelle known as “The Godmother of Soul” 5 Half-diameters 6 Prefix with system 7 Jerry’s partner in ice cream 8 Bespectacled cartoon aardvark 9 Move slightly 10 Rear

11 Activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter 12 Disavow

13 Gets ready

18 Genre sometimes

mixed with rap 19 Word before trick or

tip 22 Aide: Abbr. 23 “That’s not true!” 24 Appetizers sprinkled with paprika 25 “Awkwafina Is ___ From Queens” (Comedy Central series)

26 George Eliot or

Mark Twain 30 Letter after alpha 31 Mis-enter a

passcode, say 33 Assemble, as a

book

34 ___ with caution 35 Fella

37 Greed, gluttony or

sloth

38 “Duh!,” in modern

slang

39 Source of milk for

some cheeses 40 Relatively easy section of a jigsaw puzzle

44 Wolff who wrote

“This Boy’s Life” 45 Certain restaurants

… or their customers 47 About, in dates 48 Place to wear

goggles 49 Christmas carols 50 Take to court 51 Little bit of color 53 Mother of Zeus 54 ___-bitsy 57 Steaming cupful 58 Make like a puppy’s

tail

59 Smallest poodle

variety 60 Clod-breaking tool 61 Records with only a

few tracks, for short