The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 “Sounds exciting,” sarcastically
6 First verb in the Lord’s Prayer
9 Trim
13 Pages (through)
14 Commercial follower of “-o-”
16 Super-duper
17 Employer of nurse sharks?
19 Name spelled out in a Kinks hit
20 Laudatory lines
21 ___ Claire, Wis.
22 Delicacy in a tiny spoon
24 Fig. in the form XXX-XX-XXXX
25 “It’s green and slimy” and “It tastes like the ocean”?
27 Climate agreement city
29 Site of the fall of man
30 Late Saudi journalist Khashoggi
31 “With this ring, I ___ wed”
33 Crushing setback
37 Seal the deal
38 Big scare of a couple of decades ago … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme
39 Sign away
40 Own (up)
41 “___ mío!” (Spanish cry)
42 Storied toymakers
43 Deadlocked
45 Less colorful
46 Nerd’s goal on a dating app?
51 Yodeler’s peak
53 Ciaos at luaus
54 Brouhaha
55 Fruit in some gin
56 Animal relative of a hinny
57 Pointy bill or tail feathers?
60 Dr. ___, film enemy of Austin Powers
61 Bring up … or something that might be brought up
62 Unidentified person, in slang
63 Climax in “Hamilton”
64 Dunderhead
65 Having a body mass index over 30, medically
Down
1 Actor Edward James ___
2 State of mind
3 Jokey parts of prank calls, often
4 Sci-fi travelers, for short
5 Presidential advisory grp.
6 Times New Roman alternative
7 Accumulated, as expenses
8 “Jeez, I did NOT need to know that!”
9 Fictional sport whose rules are invented during play
10 Sarge’s superior
11 Something a bride or groom might acquire
12 Fruit from an orchard
15 Give in (to)
18 Levi’s alternatives
23 One of
17 Monopoly properties: Abbr.
25 Traditional wedding wear, for some
26 Really needs a bath, say
28 Complained angrily and loudly
30 What “choosy moms choose,” in ads
31 Knot-___ (scout’s skill)
32 Necessity for life, chemically speaking
34 Be a hermit, say
35 Supreme leaders
36 Five-time Pro Bowl receiver Welker
39 Diluted
41 Not as bright
44 Itinerary word
45 T.A.’s overseer
46 Having renown
47 Message on a candy heart
48 “Cross my heart!”
49 Pops, to tots
50 Things that might make one cry “Foul!”?
52 Black tea variety
55 Knife
58 Promoter of Teacher Appreciation Week: Abbr.
59 Sellout show inits.