NY Times Puzzle No. 0119

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 Fame

10 Symbol on a

score

11 Good speller?

12 New York stadium eponym

of

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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 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

49 Kind of diet that might include an egg fast 60

Limit