NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Note: When this puzzle is done, the seven circled letters, reading clockwise, will spell a phrase relating to the puzzle’s theme.

ACROSS

1 Put off 6 ___-American 10 Pen, e.g. 14 Not engaging 15 “Remove,” to a

typesetter 16 Oscar-winning Ben

Affleck film 17 Not pass 18 [Canada] 20 Lighted tree,

maybe 21 Zilch 22 Party with a

piñata, say 23 “For sure, dude!” 26 Spoiled 27 ___ holiday 28 Cook’s canful 29 “Wait just ___!” 31 [U.S.A.] 38 “Is this the spot?” 39 Big foot spec 40 Something to play 41 [U.S.S.R.] 46 Go a few rounds 47 Part of a round 48 Part of a science

credit 51 One sharing a

bunk bed, maybe 52 Athena’s

counterpart 55 Fortune 100 company based in Seattle 57 Salsa, e.g. 58 Wildcatter’s investment 59 [Japan] 61 Sing with dulcet tones 63 Like many a beanie 64 Intl. association since 1960 65 Place of learning in France 66 Word after “&” in some store names 67 June 14, e.g. 68 Some protesters in China

DOWN

1 “You’re dethpicable” toon 2 English pop singer Goulding 3 Hot chili designation 4 Very long period 5 ’60s atty. gen. whose brother served as president 6 Start of a website manager’s email address, maybe 7 All-natural 8 1992 Winter Olympics backdrop 9 C. S. Lewis’s

birthplace 10 Memorial Day

weekend event 11 Take with force 12 Brightly colored

rock 13 Diet food phrase 19 Source of soft

feathers 21 Zilch 24 Where odalisques

once worked 25 ___ White (Clue

character) 26 Founded 30 Club 31 “Not another

word!” 32 Crumpets go-with 33 Gets in the vicinity

of 34 Place to play

cards 35 Place to play

cards 36 Pipe shape 37 Get 42 Office printing

giant 43 Tlaloc, to the

Aztecs 44 Overnight, maybe 45 + or – particle 48 Gaggle : geese ::

exaltation : ___ 49 Protein-building

acid 50 Yacht club locale 52 Chop up 53 Part of a string

quartet 54 “___ of God,” 1985

film 56 Jerry Scott/Jim Borgman teen comic strip 57 1982’s “Ebony and

Ivory,” e.g. 60 Place with robes 61 Toon’s place 62 Developer of the U.S.’s first TV test pattern