THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sober 6 Improper way to take the SAT 11 Not a very big invention 14 Cash holders 15 Many a museum marble 16 Stir 17 Sherlock Holmes accessory 19 Hot ___ 20 Intense hunger 21 Part of a Latin 101 conjugation 22 Not to term 24 “The Raven” start 26 Mold, as clay 28 Biker gear 31 Siesta shader 34 Thumb ___ 35 Loki’s brother, in movies 36 2nd-yr. student 37 Volleyball team count 38 Appointment holder 41 Contend 42 The economist Adam Smith, for one 44 Preprinted gift tag word 45 Place for playing games 47 Orthodox trademark 49 Sinatra cover 50 Source of the headline “Study Finds Blame Now Fastest Human Reflex,” with “The” 51 Take ___ (sample some) 52 Strip locale, informally 54 “Aw, heck!” 56 Kellogg’s brand since 1970 60 Parlement assent 61 Go crazy … or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle 64 Subj. of the book “Many Unhappy Returns” 65 Small intestine section 66 Softly 67 What’s the point? 68 Recipe amts. 69 Slashed conjunction

DOWN

1 Lower-left keyboard key 2 Stead 3 Game with horns 4 In sum 5 Org. whose annual budget is classified 6 “Who’s there?” reply 7 Dunn formerly of “S.N.L.” 8 Briefing site 9 Atlanta-to- Charleston dir. 10 Partner’s refusal 11 Very distant 12 Bedroom poster subject 13 Part of a shampoo promise 18 Dash dial 23 Black-andwhite alerts, briefly 25 Scholarship criterion, maybe 27 Lover of Leander, in myth 28 French cup 29 ___ Aybar, 2014 All-Star shortstop on the Angels 30 Bartender 31 “This is exciting!” 32 Offer one’s two cents 33 Harvester’s bundle 35 Oppressive regimes 39 Big do 40 Byron of “MythBusters” 43 ___ salad 46 Corrals 48 Outcast, often 49 Part of A.A.A.: Abbr. 51 Small parts 52 Like a redeemed coupon 53 Mark’s successor 55 “___ and away!” 57 Big name in trash 58 Pop singer Vannelli 59 Something found in the trash? 62 Legal deg. 63 Evil org. in “The Simpsons Movie”