The New York Times Crossword

A- swems below

ACROSS

1 Insect that builds a

paper nest

5 Takes a breather

10 Fig. of total economic

output

13 Mayberry boy of 1960s

TV

14 Make legal

15 Logs, for a fire 16 Riddled ( with) 17 Lamented Princess of

Wales

18 Sin often associated

with green

19 Major- league team

from the Motor City 22 Frozen H2O

23 Female deer

24 Not quite right

27 Start of a tennis rally 29 “Hold your horses!” 32 Variety

34 Prefix often associated

with green

35 “You there!”

36 Ballot for candidates of more than one party

40 One that gives a hoot? 42 Humor

43 Container at a beer

bash

44 Number of minutes on hold before getting a customer representative

47 Greek I’s

51 Two-___ sword 52 Precollege exam 54 Genetic material 55 Comes out ahead in either case & as exemplified by 19-, 29-, 36- and 44- Across? 60 Sources of much spam 62 Helper in conning 63 Nuptial exchange 64 At no cost 65 Stage before metamorphosis 66 Gambling mecca north of Carson City 67 Gave a meal to 68 Helpers 69 Genesis garden

DOWN

1 “People are saying &” 2 Each

3 Kitchen gizmo for flour 4 Equal

5 SiriusXM medium 6 Best of the best

7 Part of a window blind 8 Morrison who wrote

“Beloved”

9 Gala giveaways

10 Item with cross hairs 11 Home of Carson City:

Abbr.

12 Two-___ toilet paper 15 Physicist Enrico after whom element # 100 is named

20 Three- time Pro Bowler

___ Beckham Jr. 21 Dine

25 “Nevertheless, ___

persisted” 26 Porker’s quarters 28 Big shot, for short 29 Italian for “seven” 30 French for “here” 31 Tick-___

33 Green- fleshed fruit 36 How a person might feel after being passed over for a promotion 37 “Tiny” Dickens boy 38 Singer Urban

39 A narcissist has a big

one

40 Be in debt

41 Lump of chewing gum 45 What good movie

trailers do

46 Gridiron scores, for

short

48 Sent to another team 49 “Can I get a volunteer? Somebody &?” 50 Jeans brand popular in

the 1980s

52 Do, as a crossword 53 Book of maps 56 Mallorca, e. g. 57 Bangkok native 58 Something “in the hand” that’s “worth two in the bush” 59 Something an informant might wear 60 Very close pal, informally

61 Mine cart contents