The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Good or bad vacuum review?
6 Psych (up) 9 Provides a hideout for, maybe
14 “... but it seems like you hate the idea”
15 Round figure?
16 “Well, imagine that!”
17 One performing a palm print analysis
20 Some strays
21 Essence of a good roast
24 Ones playing cornhole, e.g.
25 Core assets?
28 Wedding speech opener
30 Sonny and Cher, for example
32 Trochee’s counterpart
33 Country bumpkins
37 Tots (up)
38 One of the pounds of a pound cake
40 Something used to improve one’s English?
41 Informal term of affection
42 Grain
43 Downed
44 ___Car Series 45 Repeated Warhol subject
46 Tree in the etymology of “gin”
49 Leads, as a D&D campaign
51 “I’ll take that as ___”
52 Worries 53 Common scat syllable
54 Setting for the memorable cable car scene in “Moonraker”
55 First-aid item
57 TiVo, e.g.
58 Desktop array
60 Factory vessel
61 Singer Gorme
63 Setting of 2019’s “Parasite”
64 “…” equivalent
65 High number?
66 Together
67 ___ degree
68 In a lather, say
DOWN
1 Luke, to Darth Vader
2 Catering vessel
3 “Facts First” sloganeer
4 Hawaiian coffee
5 Features of some beach houses
6 Features in some houses of worship
7 New York City store with 1.2+ million square feet of retail space
8 Something that’s asked
9 “That’s a goldang lie!”
10 Lunch orders often served hot
11 Biblical patriarch with a twosyllable name
12 “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” airer
13 Stand-up comic’s material
18 Clergy, metaphorically
19 Three fighters at the O.K. Corral
21 Thin, unhealthylooking sort
22 Treats usually served in miniature cups
23 Pizzeria supplies
25 Eventgoers 26 “Booksmart” and “Dumb and Dumber,” e.g.
27 Uninspiring
29 Be up against
31 Hassle
34 “This is just … too much”
35 Adorable sweethearts
36 Stand guard
39 “The Big Bang Theory” role
41 Cassis cocktail 45 Actress Tomei
47 College inits. on both the East and West Coasts
48 Bailout button
50 One way to be missed
55 Man is one
56 Florida has some
59 Sister
62 Solver of this puzzle