The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Upon

5 ___ of the Unknowns 9 Plain-speaking 14 Score for a bull’s-eye in archery

15 Part of jeans that might be ripped

16 A couple of octaves, for most singers

17 Stay cool 20 What situations and needs do 21 Record holder 22 Supply for an indebted tattoo artist?

24 Early afternoon hour

25 Owns 28 ___-compliant (wheelchairaccessible, maybe) 29 Slays, in gang talk 32 No-goodnik 34 What a “swoooosh” sound may signal is on its way 36 “Think box” 37 Get ready for something amazing 41 Puts in order 42 Good news from one’s employer 43 No-no

44 Is worth it 45 Spam caller, e.g. 48 Suffix with host 49 Philosopher ___tzu 51 Nutritional drink brand 54 Referencing

57 Cuts back 58 Don’t spend so much money 62 ___ Heep (rock band)

63 “___ chic!” 64 Effortlessness 65 Doesn’t follow to the letter, as rules 66 Peeved 67 Regretted

DOWN

1 Turkey’s capital 2 Having multiple levels

3 New York tribe or city 4 Product once advertised with the slogan “The choice of a new generation” 5 Certain boxing win, in brief 6 Responsibility 7 Old World blackbird 8 Threatens persistently 9 Not serious, as a lawsuit 10 Numismatic classification 11 Member of a colonial army? 12 Greenpeace, for one, in brief 13 Understanding 18 What a “Y” with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for

19 Split, as logs 23 Some paradoxical questions 25 Grant for a filmmaker? 26 Home to more than 4.5 billion

27 On the way 30 In shape 31 Goddess of spring 33 People eater 34 Frozen waffle brand 35 Uprights at Stonehenge, e.g. 36 Creak or squeak 37 “___ is too great a burden to bear”: Martin Luther King Jr. 38 Expression of grief

39 Pen tips 40 “Whoopee!” 44 North, east, south and west 45 Government department 46 End of an ultimatum 47 Like students at semester’s end 50 Ingested 52 Longtime home of Terry Gross 53 Cavalry weapon 54 Land south of Libya 55 Songwriter Laura 56 Ending with church or party 58 Clumsy boat 59 Indignation 60 Drinking game?

61 “It’s no ___!”