The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Plenty

6 Actor Hemsworth 10 Keep bumping into another punk music fan?

14 Request to someone dressing your submarine sandwich

15 Baby name that had popularity bumps after the releases of “Frozen” and “Frozen II”

16 Not supporting 17 Figure in many hexes

19 Challenge for a plumber

20 Poverty and pollution, for two 21 Scale amts. 22 Discerning

24 Napkin holder 25 Alternative to Huggies or Luvs 27 Prefix with puncture

29 One of two akimbo 30 Stampede 33 Supporting

34 Puts on

38 Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across

41 Brand with the flavor Cookie Cobblestone 42 Cavernous opening 43 Without leaving crumbs behind, say 44 See 44-Down

45 Place for a royal flush?

46 Place for splits and spares

53 Org. for King James and Dr. J

56 More sore

57 With 64-Across, symbol of coldness 58 Gait that’s not as fast as a canter 59 Spot for a guard at the World Cup

60 $$$ dispenser

63 What many do on the Sabbath

64 See 57-Across 65 National Zoo attraction

66 Pseudosophisticated 67 Barriers to compromise

68 Teen spirit?

DOWN

1 Heavy chorus “instrument” in “Il Trovatore”

2 $$$

3 Gathering where one might make a splash

4 Tupperware tops 5 Grp. with the 1975 hit “Evil Woman” 6 Prompted

7 “___ It at the Movies” (collection of Pauline Kael reviews)

8 In which “I’m sorry” shows a closed fist, in brief 9 Clumsy

10 Country in the Mediterranean

11 Outdo

12 Word before

“of mind” or “of emergency”

13 Many a consumer of trail mix

18 Symbol of wisdom 23 Member of a virtual family

25 Edge

26 Angel’s instrument 28 “Ornery” sort

30 Cry at a World Cup match

31 Nickname for Benedict or Edgar 32 Group targeted for destruction in “Independence Day”

33 Hairy hand 34 Classical queen who cursed a

Trojan fleet

35 One in a deep-fried side dish

36 Zippo

37 Wreck room?

39 Powder-based beverage

40 Its tributaries are Blue and White 44 With 44-Across, holder for a Thanksgiving dessert

46 Principal Iraqi port 47 Shade of some turning leaves

48 Card game in Austen novels

49 Like some unbrushed suits 50 Competition favoring flexible contestants 51 Zeniths

52 Org. that might give a grant to a sculptor

54 Barry with 12 Silver Slugger Awards 55 Really bothered 58 Less ___ perfect 61 Yank

62 I.R.S. expert