The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bladderball players, historically

5 “OMG, stop!”

8 Certain city guide

14 Leaving a participle dangling in English class, say

15 Words after a long

day

17 World capital

since 1971

18 Displays of

villainous delight

19 “Yeah, yeah, I get

it”

20 Hog calls

21 Vibrating part of

some instruments

22 Honda model

23 Grand ___, town in Nova Scotia that’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site

24 Sorry

26 Fixed a short in,

perhaps

28 Bed material

32 Flash of

inspiration

35 Cheery greetings

37 Takes home

38 “Open wide”

40 Liniment, e.g.

41 Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzerwinning novel “The Overstory” 43 Not be bothered

by something

45 Some Deco pieces

47 What makes a

drink alcoholic

48 “Yipes!”

50 Word with heat or

devil

51 Launchpad for many comics, in brief

52 Rev counter

56 What U.P.S. routes

tend to avoid

58 “Pronto!”

59 Break in?

61 Cat or cow, in

yoga

62 “Ish”

63 God in the Marvel

Universe

64 Brews

65 Umami enhancer

66 Breakout group?

DOWN

1 Words after a

tirade

2 “Well, well, well!”

3 Needing P.R. help,

say

4 Saturate

5 They’re proven to

be true

6 What a star signs

7 “Let’s do this!”

8 Christmas wreath

material

9 Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame

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10 Symbol on a score

11 Good speller?

12 New York stadium

eponym

13 Psychotherapist’s

concern, in brief

16 Antlered animals

23 Anti’s antithesis

25 Cry that might accompany a forehead slap

27 “Ready!”

29 Galactic scale?

30 Mom-and-pop shop : David ::

_ _ _ : Goliath

31 “Not ready!”

33 Time to drop the

ball, in brief

34 Fried side dish

36 Certain credibility

assessment

39 Got hitched?

42 Domain of the god

Triton

44 “Follow _ _ _ Fair Sun” (Thomas Campion poem)

46 Top-of-the-line

Mercedes-benz

49 Kind of diet that might include an egg fast

52 Judgmental

sounds

53 On the job

54 Prop for Willy

Wonka

55 Mr. ___

57 Like cheddar, but

not brie

58 They’re equipped

for treatments

60 Limit