The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Product that’s available on tap? 4 Ship guarded by Hera

8 Fixates (on) 14 Rocker Reed 15 Band of ore 16 “Hey, check that out!” 17 Translation of the Latin phrase “ceteris paribus” 20 What you’re

doing right now 21 Never-before

seen 22 Game-ending

shout

23 Expert

24 Dallas sch. 26 Part of a party 27 Doctrine that was found unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education 32 It can be substituted for Gouda

33 What the sun and Sunoco have in common 34 Gourd

38 Locale where the French may take des vacances 39 Symbol formed by four crossings in this puzzle 41 Angst-ridden and

moody

42 How promgoers

typically arrive 44 Thank you for

waiting

45 Bluesy Redding 46 Fair for

everybody 49 They might create divisions in the board 52 Copy

53 Former monetary

unit in Japan 54 Break up a plot? 55 Very, informally 57 Severely

criticizes 61 Organized effort for justice under the law

64 Side of a square,

say

65 Drop 66 “I’m for it!” 67 Drama that’s credited with boosting sales of Lucky Strike cigarettes 68 Inn capacity 69 Unpracticed

DOWN

1 “That’s life, I guess” 2 Water ___ 3 Rend

4 More pallid 5 Check, with “in” 6 “___ Paradise,” 1995 #1 hit for Coolio 7 “Wowie!,” to Gen Z

8 “___ careful, will you?” 9 “Barely made it!”

10 Drugmaker Lilly 11 White noise? 12 Enter one’s user name and password 13 Traveling between the poles? 18 Accompanier of a roving reporter, for short 19 Affront 25 See-through

garment 26 Kristen formerly

of “S.N.L.” 27 Formal

introduction? 28 Fall setting 29 Audibly floored 30 Inappropriate 31 Dress (up),

old-style

35 Start working more energetically 36 “Just me!” 37 Digging too

deep

39 Playful suffix

with “any” 40 Growing old 43 Some Nintendo

consoles

45 What takes a

toll?

47 Is worthwhile 48 Nov. 11 honorees 49 Branch of

Islam

50 Vital vessel 51 Odd

55 “How fun!” 56 Package

directive: Abbr. 58 Voracious 59 “Shepherd Moons” singer, 1991

60 Worry 62 Standout

63 Pride : lions :: ___

: emus