The New York Times

No. 1124

ACROSS

1 Blacksmith’s waste 5 More than right … or seldom correct? 11 Chicago-to-Atlanta

dir.

14 “Easy to Be Hard” musical of the late 1960s

15 Bad record to set 16 Original “Veronica Mars” airer 17 Absolute power [chopped] 19 “Annabel Lee” poet 20 Writer Joyce Carol ___

21 1990s Indian prime minister 22 Ending with ectoor pachy23 Phrase on many No Trespassing signs [chopped] 27 Including an unlisted number? 28 Brain parts 29 Comic cry of dismay 32 Concerns for golfers 35 Game with scrums 37 Waste minimizers [chopped] 41 Member of the British Commonwealth in the Mediterranean 42 Work hard

43 ___ soda

44 Fiery passions 46 Jamaican

exports 49 Self-deprecate, then pause to get a reaction [squeezed] 55 Detail-oriented and then some 56 Cartoon cry of dismay 57 Nonsubmerging W.W. II menace 58 Lead-in to an ext. 59 Topping made with this puzzle’s chopped and squeezed ingredients 62 ___ reminder 63 Chump

64 Place

65 Drug in the 1980 film “Altered States”

66 Tiny creature on a slide

67 Just in case

DOWN

1 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit

2 2019 N.F.L. M.V.P. Jackson 3 “___ a stinker?”: Bugs Bunny

4 Be in mourning 5 1981 Grammy co-winner for “Double Fantasy” 6 Omaha stake? 7 Little pest 8 Opposite of radial 9 “Neat!”

10 One in a cote with a coat

11 Id checkers 12 Lululemon purchase 13 “Them”

18 Exam for many jrs. 22 World premiere 24 Barbershop supply 25 Rosewater of Kurt Vonnegut’s “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” 26 Boeuf alternative 29 Skimmer’s target, often 30 Tomfoolery 31 Dark green side dish 33 Brooding style in music or fashion

34 Vice president between Hubert and Gerald

36 Big inits. in handbags 38 Longtime

CBS journalist Lesley 39 ___-truths 40 One who may endow a scholarship, informally 45 Concern for one with hypertension 47 Digital video format

48 Real dirtbag 49 Like some flaws 50 Boxer Marciano’s given name 51 Epic mess-up at a critical moment 52 “Seriously!” 53 Yarns

54 Dark beer 59 Nonprofit spot, in brief 60 Secretary of the Interior Haaland 61 #MeToo ___