NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bladderball players, historically
5 “OMG, stop!”
8 Certain city guide
14 Leaving a participle dangling in English class, say
15 Words after a long day
17 World capital since 1971
18 Displays of villainous delight
19 “Yeah, yeah, I get it”
20 Hog calls
21 Vibrating part of some instruments
22 Honda model
23 Grand ___, town in Nova Scotia that’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site
24 Sorry
26 Fixed a short in, perhaps
28 Bed material
32 Flash of inspiration
35 Cheery greetings
37 Takes home
38 “Open wide”
40 Liniment, e.g.
41 Subjects of the 2019 Pulitzerwinning novel “The Overstory”
43 Not be bothered by something
45 Some Deco pieces
47 What makes a drink alcoholic
48 “Yipes!”
50 Word with heat or devil
51 Launchpad for many comics, in brief
52 Rev counter
56 What U.P.S. routes tend to avoid
58 “Pronto!”
59 Break in?
61 Cat or cow, in yoga
62 “Ish”
63 God in the Marvel Universe
64 Brews
65 Umami enhancer
66 Breakout group?
DOWN
1 Words after a tirade
2 “Well, well, well!”
3 Needing P.R. help, say
4 Saturate
5 They’re proven to be true
6 What a star signs
7 “Let’s do this!”
8 Christmas wreath material
9 Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame
10 Symbol on a score
11 Good speller?
12 New York stadium eponym
13 Psychotherapist’s concern, in brief
16 Antlered animals
23 Anti’s antithesis
25 Cry that might accompany a forehead slap
27 “Ready!”
29 Galactic scale?
30 Mom-and-pop shop : David :: ___ : Goliath
31 “Not ready!”
33 Time to drop the ball, in brief
34 Fried side dish
36 Certain credibility assessment
39 Got hitched?
42 Domain of the god Triton
44 “Follow ___ Fair Sun” (Thomas Campion poem)
46 Top-of-the-line Mercedes-benz
49 Kind of diet that might include an egg fast
52 Judgmental sounds
53 On the job
54 Prop for Willy Wonka
55 Mr. ___
57 Like cheddar, but not brie
58 They’re equipped for treatments
60 Limit