THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 *Like carols and cantatas

5 Breathing room

10 Put a limit on

13 Mayberry moppet of 1960s TV

14 Tissue layers

15 “What ___ we here?”

16 *Grand Prix locale

18 Country west of Afghanistan

19 Ambient music pioneer Brian

20 Used a doorbell

21 Scarecrow’s desire in “The Wizard of Oz”

22 Canadian gas brand

24 *“You’re beautiful,” in Paris

27 Words of commitment

29 Seasickness, e.g.

30 Moon ___ (apt anagram of ASTRONOMER)

33 Tax ID

34 Stat for cleanup hitters

37 *“Yay for us!”

39 *Uma of “Kill Bill”

42 “Groovy!”

43 Where Slovakia and Slovenia are: Abbr.

45 Herbs with licorice-flavored seeds

46 Rustic shelter

49 One of the Kennedys

50 *Friend of Robin Hood

53 Bulletproof garment

56 Many, casually

57 Toy in windy weather

59 Original N.Y.C. subway line

61 Move like mud

62 Start of the baseball season … or what the start of each starred clue is?

65 Lines on a road map: Abbr.

66 Cappuccino cousin

67 Fraction of a bushel

68 Half-___ (do in a perfunctory way)

69 Gave medicine

70 *Fill to excess

DOWN

1 A handful of

2 Slightly ahead

3 Spanish boys

4 Figure out

5 Pet lover’s org.

6 Nursery buy

7 Pellet projectors

8 Cartoon collectible

9 That: Sp.

10 Sources of urban noise pollution

11 Be useful to

12 Tubular pasta

15 Newcomer at the office

17 Like beaches during storms

21 Small pellets

23 Voice of the Apple Watch

25 Dawn’s direction

26 Beach headwear

28 Point in the right direction

30 Inits. in some personals, once

31 Brewed drink

32 Intense promotional campaigns

35 Sweetheart, in modern slang

36 ___ and outs

38 “The Nutcracker” skirt

40 Lopsided

41 Theme park feature

44 Houston N.B.A. team

47 Makes more bearable

48 Coaching great Parseghian

50 Trees and shrubs

51 Alex Haley epic

52 Kunta of 51Down

54 Half of a 45

55 Stretch of land

58 Headed for overtime

60 Little squirt

62 Like Mother Hubbard

63 Kung ___ chicken

64 Chatty travel companion