The New York Times

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0828

ACROSS

1 Military wear, for

short

5 Appear to be

9 “Hop to it!”

13 Stress or extended exposure to sun, it’s said

14 Feature of an Uber ride … or an Uber Eats order

15 Like a yellow banana vis-à-vis a green one

16 *Evasive treatment, with “the”

18 Prestigious Atlanta

university

19 São ___, Brazil

20 Deprives of

strength

22 ___ de Janeiro,

Brazil

23 *Boba Fett’s occupation in “Star Wars” films

27 Chicken’s counterpart in a causality dilemma

30 Secret agent

31 One-person

performances

32 Palindromic

tugboat sound

34 Openly gay

36 Salad bar grabbers

39 *Seriously

hammered

43 High-heels, e.g.

44 Keister

45 “Don’t move!,” as a

dog command

46 “Hurrah!”

49 Meadow

51 Pig’s spot 52 *Weekend occasion for avocado toast and mimosas

56 Remains of a fire

57 Politico Buttigieg

58 Alternatives to

Ubers

62 Subway entrance

fixture

64 Disconnects … or what’s found in the answers to the four starred clues?

67 Like wingtips and

penny loafers

68 Put in the

overhead bin, say

69 Deserve

70 Motto for a devilmay-care type

71 “Monday Night

Football” channel

72 Tach readings, for

short

DOWN

1 Complain, complain, complain

2 Water, in Spanish

3 Waiter’s handout

4 Big name in electric toothbrushes

5 Bay Area air hub

6 Water, in French

7 Young’s partner in

accounting

8 Occasions to

pamper oneself

9 Goal

10 Ones with season tickets to football, baseball and basketball games, perhaps 11 Eagle’s abode

12 Comedian Richard who wrote “What I’m saying might be profane, but it’s also profound”

15 Outcomes

17 Down Under hoppers, informally

21 Vietnamese noodle

dish

24 “___ further

reflection …”

25 Three Stooges

snicker sound

26 Alcoves

27 Flight board figs.

28 “Oh, my stars!”

29 Deteriorate … as

sledders do?

33 Tire pattern

35 Key above Caps

Lock

37 Annoying insect

38 Big name in vodka 40 Like some bike

locks and magnets

41 “Star Trek” lieutenant played by George Takei

42 Prayer ending

47 “___ Como Va”

(1971 Santana hit)

48 More than 90°

50 Rights org.

52 Smart-alecky

53 “We agree”

54 Major monthly

expenses

55 On a sugar rush,

say

59 What a bird’s

wings do

60 Time in office

61 Figs. for tax filers

63 One of three fire signs, with Aries and Sagittarius

65 Police officer

66 Admit, with “up to”