The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Stitches
5 Old workplace sitcom with Danny DeVito as a dispatcher 9 Flashy effect 14 Honolulu’s island 15 “Terrible” Russian despot 16 Many a New Year’s resolution prescribes getting into it 17 Not strict adherence to what really happened, say 20 Convenience at a business that doesn’t take credit cards 21 Confirmed the flavor of 22 Biblical garden 23 Surefire winner 25 Bewhiskered river swimmer 27 Touched down 29 “Be that as it may …” 33 When a fresh factory crew arrives 38 Singer Yoko 39 Elusive Tupperware components, often 40 Air quality watchdog created by the Nixon admin. 41 Norway’s capital
42 Web address 43 Archipelago forming the southernmost part of the continental U.S. 47 Gloomy pal of Winnie-the-Pooh 49 Auditioner’s goal 50 Newborn horses
53 Run for a long football pass 57 Singer Edith known as “The Little Sparrow” 60 Disappear 62 “Despicable Me” character voiced by Steve Carell 63 Member of an N.F.L. team transplanted to Los Angeles in 2017 66 “Could you, would you, with ___?” (Dr. Seuss line) 67 Black-andwhite Nabisco cookie 68 Medics 69 Annual awards … like the one actor Shalhoub won in 2018 70 Fret (over) 71 Poker buy-in
Down
1 Fizzy drinks 2 Our planet 3 Company that makes Frisbees 4 Redundant word in front of “total” 5 Passenger ship in a 1912 calamity 6 Hertz rival 7 Hobbyist’s knife brand 8 Cove
9 PC panic button 10 Upbeat 11 Touch down 12 Church recess 13 Someone who is not yet 20 18 Leaning 19 Canine collar dangler 24 Lummoxes 26 WSW’s opposite 28 Letter you don’t pronounce in “jeopardy” and “leopard” 30 Garden waterer 31 “It’s ___ a matter of time” 32 Pursues romantically 33 Swivel around 34 Add to the payroll 35 Without really thinking 36 Mo. for fools and showers 37 Hair removal cream brand 41 Approved
43 To and ___ 44 Order to party crashers 45 Annual Westminster event 46 Hawaiian greeting 48 Time of lackluster performance 51 Largest city and former capital of Nigeria 52 Derisive laugh sound 54 Prod 55 Standing upright 56 Where the endings of 17-, 33-, 43- and 63-Across are often found 57 Exam for sophs. or jrs. 58 “Othello” villain 59 In a little while 61 Drink that can cause brain freeze 64 “___ never too late to learn” 65 Abbr. on old vitamin bottles