The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Word before bar or party

7 Athena’s winged companion

10 Hype (up)

13 Diamond official 14 Sulk

16 “___, fi, fo, fum” 17 *Drivers’ process when two lanes of traffic become one

19 Antitrust law enforcement org. 20 Sick

21 Bizarre

22 Ancient Greek market

24 The windows to the soul, it’s said 26 *Garden plant that opens and shuts its “mouth” when squeezed

28 Pony up

30 Brand of sunglasses

31 Syria’s Bashar al___

34 French word after “vous”

36 When you’re on it, you’re en pointe 38 *White pizza toppings 42 Sacramento- toSan Diego dir. 43 Long stretches 44 What you’ve got going for you 45 Threaten, as a cat might

48 Puncher’s tool 49 *Design on some baseball uniforms 52 Bus driver for Lisa and Bart

56 Darkest part of a shadow

57 They’re sworn 59 Burgle

60 Brown who wrote “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” 61 Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues 64 Vitamin supplement retailer

65 Munich Mrs. 66 Official declarations 67 Laugh sound

68 ___ mode 69 Major-leaguer who wears 49-Across at home

DOWN

1 Q preceder, in song

2 Poet Dickinson 3 Jobs creation

4 “Let ‘er ___!” 5 Gaffer, best boy and others 6 Inquisition charge 7 Work from Bellini or Rossini

8 Popular blogging platform

9 Tote 10 Espresso-over-ice cream desserts 11 Time keeper

12 Pie nut

15 Like some people at weddings and funerals

18 Lowest part of a range, for short 23 Chitter-chatter 25 Old-fashioned shoe cover 27 Inexact recipe amount

29 Hubbub

31 They can be sculpted and chiseled

32 You might order ahi tuna or yellowtail from it 33 “East of Eden” author

34 Moving

35 Wine vessel

37 Abbr. on a cornerstone 39 Close by 40 Uncooked

41 Home of the Viking Ship Museum 46 Azerbaijan or Lithuania, once: Abbr.

47 Wizard’s accessory 48 Daughter of Joe and Jill Biden 49 Chubby

50 Italian city in a “Kiss Me, Kate” song

51 [waves hand in a circle]

53 Something weighed at a weigh station 54 Linzer ___ (pastry)

55 Very corpulent 58 Pop

62 Glass of “This American Life” 63 Missing letters in “transgre_s_o_,” appropriately