The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Lab test

6 View from

Liechtenstein 9 Square 14 Water slide 15 Word that becomes its own opposite if its first letter is removed 16 Hall’s partner 17 So much, in

music

18 *1st and 5th 20 “Count me in” 22 Garment often

made of silk 23 Kid-centric org. 24 *1st separate, 2nd and 3rd together, and 4th and 5th together

27 Tied in ___ 28 Encourage 32 Spongy

growth 34 Potent strain of

marijuana 37 Chateaux-lined

river 38 Sanctions 39 *2nd and 3rd

separated

41 Irk

42 Response to

“Am not!” 44 Newswoman

Phillips

45 Spot for a

sitting duck 46 101

47 Some natural

hairstyles 49 *1st

55 “The Simpsons” shopkeeper 58 Four-time Grammy winner Lovett 59 Display contempt for, in a way 60 *2nd and 3rd

crossed 63 Adult insect

stage

64 ___ and wiser 65 Playbill part,

informally 66 What each number in the starred clues represents 67 “They’re creepy and they’re ___” (start of the “Addams Family” theme song) 68 Dot follower 69 14 pounds, in

Britain

Down

1 When Aida dies in Verdi’s “Aida”

2 Former performing orca

3 Popular

beachwear 4 Charges

5 Extra on

“Star Trek” 6 Outcome of

being fired? 7 Capital at an elevation of 12,000 feet 8 Disciplinary 9 With “please” or “if I may,” say 10 Language with more than 25 vowel sounds 11 Perched on 12 Soap that comes in blue-green bars 13 Far from

harbor 19 Minions’ leader in “Despicable Me” 21 Long-stemmed

mushroom 25 Unable to answer any more clues, say

26 ___ trip

29 Tries

something 30 Gold and silver have them, but not bronze

31 “Step right up!” 32 Biblical kingdom in modern-day Jordan

33 Cajun cooking

staple

35 Pen that’s full

of oink? 36 Goddesses of

the seasons 39 Low, creaky speaking register 40 Traverses 48-Down, in a way

43 [Not my error] 45 High rollers’ preference, perhaps 48 Water hazards 50 Where Ross taught paleontology on “Friends,” for short 51 “Goodness

me!” 52 Extremely cold 53 Strand at an

airport, maybe 54 Govt.-backed

security 55 “Well, I guess

so”

56 Word with shirt

or grounds 57 Off-the-neck

style

61 Apt rhyme for

“shriek”

62 This puzzle’s

solver