THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Shout to a pest?5 European capital whose name most people incorrectly accent on the second syllable

10 Actress ___ Pinkett Smith 14 N.B.A. coach Steve 15 Drenched

16 Road sign with an arrow 17 Chromebook competitor 18 How a hamburger may be ordered

20 Flammable gas represented in 18-Across and 9-Down 22 Dance in the days of doowop

23 Unwelcome acknowledgment

24 Wearers of kilts

29 What “*” or “†” may mean 32 “!!!”

33 Ambulance driver, for short

35 “Bye for now!”

36 1990s BP acquisition 38 Respiratory gas represented in 36-Across

41 Back tooth 42 Part of da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM

43 ___ soap

44 Santa ___ winds

45 Where the lowest-numbered avenues in Manhattan are

48 Clothing brand with a horse head logo

50 Devices that may serve as cash registers

54 Like non-Rx meds 55 Pungent-smelling gas represented in 57-Across and 49Down

57 “Sixteen Candles” director, 1984

62 “It’s urgent” in the E.R. 63 “No way, José” 64 Bandmate of Harrison, Lennon and McCartney 65 “S.N.L.” alum Fey

66 Kind of dancer

67 Bar, in legalese

68 Do a price check on, e.g.

DOWN

1 Removes, as cream 2 Charles Atlas and others 3 Speak to a crowd

4 Group in a pit

5 Cut, as logs

6 Day care knee scrape, e.g. 7 Beef marbling

8 “Sorta” suffix

9 Sneeze sound

10 Vehicles made for rough terrain

11 Word after fire … or a synonym of fire

12 Put down, in slang

13 “No thanks, I already ___” 19 Means of hair removal 21 “Come as you ___” 24 Fixed time

25 Insurance filings

26 Easily changing emotions 27 One leading the festivities 28 CARE, e.g., in brief

30 W.W. II arena

31 Send into exile

33 Low-cost prefix

34 Of the cheek

37 Distance markers along a highway

39 ___ mints

40 Kimono sash 41 Rank under

Lt. Col.

46 Blame, as for a crime 47 Like 10-watt light bulbs 49 “Tiny Bubbles” singer 51 Very silly

52 1981 royal bride

53 The Devil

55 Flying start?

56 Letters on an auto sticker 57 Earthenware container 58 “Well, what have we here?!”

59 Clasp

60 Sporty autos

61 Protection against sunburn