The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Plays for time, in a way
6 Word repeated by Hamlet before “solid flesh”
9 Hairstyle for Audre Lorde
13 Bozo
14 13th-century Persian mystic who is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S.
16 Cookout side dish
17 Mario Kart contestant
18 The Aggies of the Mountain West Conference
20 “Blech!”
21 Black ___
23 Indigenous
24 Decorative items washed up on the beach
27 Meal accompaniment at a trattoria
28 Flotsam and Jetsam in “The Little Mermaid”
29 Crusty piece of bread
31 Stick up
34 The Lorax’s final word
36 ___ Duncan, Obama education secretary 37 Musician Yoko
38 Hollywood’s Dwayne Johnson, with “the”
39 Like the blood of a universal donor
41 Tech that enables contactless credit card payments
42 Neither’s partner
43 Wedge, e.g.
44 Loquacious
46 Bit of water or snow equipment
47 What a QR code at a restaurant might link to
48 Verdant
49 Digs
51 Most desirable, say, as a ripe peach
55 “Can it!”
57 Where Boxing Day comes before Christmas, in brief?
58 Ill
59 Jiffy
61 Underwater ecosystems 63 Cooling succulent
64 It may be taken in protest
65 Start of a saying about staying fit 66 Lairs
67 Is the pope Catholic?
68 Adam who directed “The Big Short”
DOWN
1 Malware, often
2 “Curiosity killed the cat,” e.g.
3 Author of “Jurassic Park”
4 Who wrote “To Helen” and “For Annie”
5 Ambles
6 Support structure
7 Not in the closet
8 Muscat’s sultanate
9 Actor John or Sean
10 Fleeting romantic interest
11 Give feedback on Yelp, maybe
12 Fall short 15 “Beats me!”
19 It may turn at a station
22 Shift blame to someone else
25 Nerdy sort
26 “Get it together!” … or a hint to the highlighted letters
30 ’Fore
32 “Roger that, boss!”
33 Corpus
34 Locales for some Grecian art
35 Cozy place
40 Thither
41 Farrier’s tool
43 Strike hard, in the Bible
45 Like the same old same old
50 Hiding soldiers in the Trojan horse and such
52 Good things to strike
53 Actress Vergara
54 Quick to snap
55 Lone
56 One providing a ride at a fair, maybe
59 Tricked
60 French word between two names
62 “Exit” key