The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Plenty
6 Actor
Hemsworth 10 Keep bumping into another punk music fan? 14 Request to someone dressing your submarine sandwich 15 Baby name that had popularity bumps after the releases of “Frozen” and “Frozen II” 16 Not
supporting 17 Figure in many
hexes 19 Challenge for a
plumber 20 Poverty and pollution, for two
21 Scale amts. 22 Discerning 24 Napkin holder 25 Alternative to Huggies or Luvs
27 Prefix with
puncture 29 One of two
akimbo 30 Stampede 33 Supporting 34 Puts on 38 Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25, 46- and 60-Across 41 Brand with the flavor Cookie Cobblestone 42 Cavernous
opening 43 Without leaving crumbs behind, say
44 See 44-Down 45 Place for a royal
flush?
46 Place for splits
and spares 53 Org. for King
James and Dr. J 56 More sore 57 With 64-Across, symbol of coldness
58 Gait that’s not as fast as a canter
59 Spot for a guard at the World Cup 60 $$$ dispenser 63 What many do
on the Sabbath 64 See 57-Across 65 National Zoo
attraction 66 Pseudosophisticated 67 Barriers to
compromise 68 Teen spirit?
Down
1 Heavy chorus “instrument” in “Il Trovatore” 2 $$$ 3 Gathering where one might make a splash 4 Tupperware tops
5 Grp. with the 1975 hit “Evil Woman” 6 Prompted 7 “___ It at the Movies” (collection of Pauline Kael reviews)
8 In which “I’m sorry” shows a closed fist, in brief
9 Clumsy 10 Country in the Mediterranean 11 Outdo 12 Word before “of mind” or “of emergency” 13 Many a consumer of trail mix 18 Symbol of
wisdom 23 Member of a
virtual family 25 Edge
26 Angel’s
instrument 28 “Ornery” sort 30 Cry at a World
Cup match 31 Nickname for Benedict or Edgar
32 Group targeted for destruction in “Independence Day”
33 Hairy hand 34 Classical queen who cursed a Trojan fleet 35 One in a deepfried side dish 36 Zippo
37 Wreck room? 39 Powder-based
beverage
40 Its tributaries are Blue and White
44 With 44-Across, holder for a Thanksgiving dessert 46 Principal Iraqi
port
47 Shade of some
turning leaves 48 Card game in
Austen novels 49 Like some
unbrushed suits 50 Competition favoring flexible contestants 51 Zeniths
52 Org. that might give a grant to a sculptor
54 Barry with 12 Silver Slugger Awards
55 Really bothered 58 Less ___
perfect
61 Yank
62 I.R.S. expert