The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0326

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 51-Down 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