The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Bring a smile to 6 Wild guess 10 Big jerk 13 *Stay in power 15 Daddy
16 “Put a cork in
it!”
17 Vim 18 Impressive
work 19 Vandalize, e.g. 20 ___ Lanka 21 Hatcher of Hollywood plots
23 *Hold on to 25 Lease
alternative 26 *Done openly 28 Mane character
of classic TV? 29 Unfiltered and unpasteurized brew
31 Large blue
expanses 33 One playing with a mouse, maybe 34 Helpfully
pushy person 37 *Changing
gradually 41 Says “I do” at a Vegas drivethru, say 42 Single-masted
boat 44 Newman who wrote “Heather Has Two Mommies” 47 Some thrift shop music purchases
49 It’s in heavy rotation on the highway 50 *Doesn’t
eat
53 Type (in)
54 *On this spot 56 On the sheltered side, nautically 57 Shipping
choice
58 Tone 59 Christmas
trio
61 Ye olde apothecary bottles
64 First responder,
in brief
65 Man in the Irish
Sea, e.g. 66 When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues
67 Daisy Ridley’s “Star Wars” role 68 “… and ___
some” 69 Helen who sang “I Am Woman”
Down
1 “___ we having
fun yet?” 2 Traditional focus of Brooks Brothers
3 @ follower, on
Twitter 4 Assistant with a goofy beatboxing routine (just ask) 5 Reproductive
unit in biology 6 Reproductive
unit in botany 7 Mammal with a prehensile proboscis 8 Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on “The Simpsons”
9 Shindig 10 Capital of
Eritrea 11 Clean-___ 12 Viciously criticizes, informally 14 Benadryl
competitor 22 Square
24 Like the background of the “Wicked” poster
25 Web address
ender
26 King of
pop
27 Country on the Gulf of Guinea 30 Audio tool that reduces volume extremes 32 Perfumes with
a thurible 35 Great Basin
tribe 36 Neglect 38 Something with
two heels 39 Like some
abs 40 Performed at
one’s peak? 43 K-pop star whose hit 2012 song refrain made “The Yale Book of Quotations” 44 ___, rinse,
repeat
45 Dig up
46 Like some
winter weather 48 Fitness
measure 51 Aerial hunter 52 Otherworldly 55 Give off
57 D&D
equipment 60 Wood in a baseball bat
62 Lead-in
to self
63 Slop spot