The New York Times Crossword

Answers below

ACROSS

1 Three-point letter you won’t find in Scrabble?

4 One of the Pointer Sisters

9 Chips, cookies, etc. 13 Response to “Who’s ready?”

14 Not free

16 Word with square or air 17 Mercury is in this

20 “I’ve got it!”

21 Dangers in the Amazon 22 What subs may sub for

23 Afterword

25 One with many stuffy clients, for short? 26 Mercury might be in this

28 ___ Polo

30 Christmas party? 31 Party in the U.K.

32 Light touches 36 Is insufficient 39 Hipsteresque, say 40 Something posted from an online account 42 ___ nationalism, movement associated with the Baath Party 44 Here we are!

45 The Mercury might be in this

51 Rio or Sorento

52 Have no more in stock 54 Unit of radioactivity 55 Lab report component 57 Doesn’t bother

58 Mercury was in this 61 English poet Wilfred ___

62 Ice cream brand in West Coast supermarkets

63 Prefix with -phyte 64 One’s parents, slangily, with “the”

65 Square

66 Sch. in Texas

DOWN

1 Chewy, meaty dog treat

2 Show of hands? 3 Turkish inn

4 “___ way!” (“Nice job!”)

5 Reply found backward in “No thanks”

6 Clinch, as a victory 7 Lethargic

8 Answer to the riddle “What can someone wear that never goes out of style?”

9 Some Feds

10 Choice words

11 Having a neat appearance

12 The 19th Amendment is part of this

14 Reply in which one parent says to go talk to the other parent 15 Bullfight bull

18 Burn the surface of 19 Heated pool?

23 “And so ...”

24 Total hassle

27 Goggle

29 Org. for lawyers 31 Sliceable food purchase

32 Game for a toddler 33 Smoothie bar order served with a spoon 34 Defeated soundly 35 Good to go

37 Brand once promoted as the “forbidden fragrance”

38 “Phooey!”

41 Allure

43 Curling targets 45 Cautionary store sign from an alcohol retailer 46 Used

47 “Phooey!”

48 Light charges? 49 Centrist in British politics, informally 50 “Bye!”

53 Fridge visit for a midnight snack, say 56 Bowling pins on the back right

57 ___ gai (Thai dish) 59 Main ingredient in a Longshoreman

60 “Tee” follower