NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 “Star ___ Beyond” ( 2016 film) 5 “Areyou interested in doin’ this?” 10 Livens ( up) 14 Harvard’s archrival 15 Taking a nap, say 16 “Night” author Wiesel 17 Downtown 68- Across attraction 20 Without guaranteed payment 21 Big brand of glue 22 Vientiane’s country 24 ___ B’rith 25 Spiked medieval clubs 28 Mai ___ ( cocktail) 30 March 17 honoree, for short 34 Starting from 35 Bamboo- eating bear 37 Stubborn animal 38 Gold, frankincense or myrrh, for baby Jesus 39 Soda bottle measure 40 Grade A items in the dairy aisle 41 Clumsy person 42 68- Across baseball player 44 Devour 45 2,000 pounds 47 French edict city 49 Mathematician whose name sounds like a fuel ship 51 Fills to capacity 52 Trash or compost 54 Suffix with real or surreal 56 Tree’s support system 59 “What’d you say?” 60 Pancake- flipping implement 63 Large tea container 64 Answer at the altar 65 Ship featured in a 1997 megafilm 66 Actress Vardalos 67 Move really fast 68 City that’s the subject of this puzzle 69 Pomeranian, e. g.
Down
1 Spell- checker target 2 Common 68- Across forecast 3 Antlered animals 4 Liberal’s favorite road sign? 5 Radioer’s word after “Roger” 6 Santa ___ winds 7 “The Voice” airer 8 Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham 9 Some slogan writers 10 Chivalrous offer 11 Sommer of 1960s-’ 70s films 12 Waterfront 68- Across location 13 Dips below the horizon 18 Small, spherical vegetables 19 “Woe is me!” 23 It goes from one story to another 24 Obama’s veep 25 Mr. ___ ( nearsighted toon) 26 From east of the Urals 27 Business on every block in 68- Across, so it’s said 29 Opposed to 31 Body of water that 68- Across is on 32 Fish tank buildup 33 Exams 35 Vehicle with wings and a nose 36 Gladiator fight site 42 Pesters repeatedly 43 Hurry of modern life 46 King who died in his late teens 48 “The Matrix” hero 50 Cowboy’s rope 51 Fire- eating, for one 52 Expert, informally 53 Automaker with a four- ring logo 55 On- base percentage, e. g. 57 Half of a sextet 58 Stocking problem 61 Dessert divided into slices 62 ___ Wayne, rapper with the # 1 hit “Lollipop”