The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Doesn’t include
6 Very top
10 Vegetable in borscht
14 ___ cat
15 Drifting ice
16 Stow, as cargo
17 Fragile art form crafted with air and heat
19 Chair parts that tend to wear out quickly
20 Source of bills, for short
21 Paint application
22 Piece of material used to strengthen a garment
23 Props for “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” in “Annie”
25 Starter on the mound, often
28 Censoring sounds
30 ___ Gatos, Calif.
31 Sch. in Columbus
32 Supplement
33 Longtime home appliance brand
35 What “X” might mean
36 Type who’s out of touch with reality
39 Veer sharply
42 Church donation
43 Some frozen drinks
47 Wrath
48 Something about nothing, perhaps 49 Candy piece with white sprinkles
50 Metaphorical source of some government funds
54 Snack (on)
55 Running on ___
56 Burden
58 Situation that might lead to extra time
59 “By Jove!”
60 Comment before a stupid stunt … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 36- and 50-Across
63 Jay with a “Garage”
64 It’s a thought
65 Desktop accessory 66 Home of the tree of knowledge
67 Nuisance
68 Gets ready to wash, say
DOWN
1 Classic rock standard with Spanish lyrics
2 Considering everything
3 Walked heavily
4 London’s ___ Gardens
5 Align, as multiple devices
6 Company with a “spokesduck”
7 Division of the earth’s crust
8 Dawn goddess
9 Important markings on treasure maps
10 Mont ___, highest of the Alps
11 A voice might be heard within this
12 Attorney general under Ronald Reagan
13 Lab simulation
18 Pretend to be, at a Halloween party, say
22 “You should never, ever do this!”
24 Divisions for weightlifters
26 Spot
27 College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
29 Soda can features
33 Best ___ (Academy Awards category)
34 “It doesn’t excite me much”
37 Opera set in Egypt
38 “Micro” or “macro” subject, for short
39 Holder of compressed data
40 Stirred up
41 Relevant
44 Portmanteau for a radical environmentalist
45 Like crosswords on Monday vis-à-vis those in the rest of the week
46 Baseballs and basketballs, but not footballs
49 Neglected neighborhood
51 Turn one’s attention to
52 Parts
53 Finish by
57 Jazz singer Sylvia 60 In the know
61 Phillis Wheatley wrote one “to Neptune”
62 “Get off the stage!”