The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0926
Across
1 City that’s home to the University of Ghana
6 Hack (off)
10 “You sure about that?”
14 Kind of green energy
15 Bring on board
16 Urban legend, e.g.
17 *Program that detects junk emails
19 Penne ___ vodka
20 Worker who might be paid by the day
21 “Excusez-___!”
22 Spills the beans
23 *Slang term for convoluted and unstructured computer programming
27 Piglet’s pal
28 Groundbreaker?
29 Closest bud, in brief
31 Camera output
34 Aid in buying a car, perhaps
36 Feel bad
37 Cheer squad syllable
38 Dietary network in an ecosystem … or a punny hint to the answers to the starred clues
41 Genetic messenger
42 Podcast interruptions
43 Street crossers: Abbr.
44 Robert Devereux, Earl of ___ (favorite of Elizabeth I)
46 Mercator projection, e.g.
47 ___ Guevara (revolutionary)
48 Major component of a ketogenic diet
49 *Online icon comprised of three parallel horizontal lines, familiarly
55 Preserves, as ham
56 Director DuVernay
57 Hang in the balance
59 First-year law student, for short
60 *Download that may improve streaming lags
63 Tiptop
64 Got better with time, say
65 Luxury pajama fabric
66 You, to Shakespeare
67 Beauty mark
68 Heroes
Down
1 Helper: Abbr.
2 Deals (with)
3 Shop class tool
4 Fortification in “The StarSpangled Banner”
5 Sound at a pound
6 “Nomadland” director Zhao
7 Bandleader’s direction
8 You want to make something of it?
9 The “p” of r.p.m.
10 Novelist Calvino
11 Places to see the romaines of the day?
12 “Don’t worry about me”
13 Steeped drinks
18 “if u ask me”
22 Pre-year 1, in brief
24 Clumsy error
25 Unfreezes
26 Skye of “Say Anything …”
30 Plant also known as linseed
31 Baby buggy, to Brits
32 Suspected
33 “C’mon, I’ve heard enough”
34 2019 Taylor Swift album with a romantic theme
35 Many a Pablo Neruda work
39 Home of the palace Hanaiakamalama
40 Gymnastics event requiring balance
45 Parent in a blended family
47 Network with an eye logo
48 Mrs., in Munich
50 All-out brawl
51 Courtroom banger
52 Dodge
53 “Cool beans!”
54 Up to
55 Word with sugar or sport
58 Cub Scout units
60 Toast topping
61 In the past
62 Letter before omega