The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Pride Month inits.

5 Org. defending 1-Across rights

9 At full speed

14 This and that

15 “Yay!”

16 1930s vice president John ___ Garner

17 It might pop out of a kid’s mouth

19 Thus far

20 Seven-time AllStar Dave, who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays

21 Wind instrument

23 Heavy metal band whose name is a euphemism for “Jesus Christ!”

27 Notable times 31 Pacific Northwest hub, informally

32 Main connections, of a sort

34 Going rates?

39 Touching 40 Carefully explained

42 Profundity

43 Fashion designer whose namesake brand features a rhinoceros in its logo

44 “Count me in!”

47 Distort

48 Swinger’s club

53 Eponymous regatta-winning yacht of 1851

54 Bumbling

59 Occupy, as a table

60 Ingredient in some cocktails … or a hint to the last words in 17-, 23-, 32-, 43- and 48-Across

64 Occupied 65 Long nap?

66 Actress Dobrev of “The Vampire Diaries”

67 Bounded

68 “This is probably dumb but I’m doing it anyway” hashtag

69 Online handicrafts marketplace

Down

1 High shots

2 Overabundance

3 Benjamin Netanyahu’s nickname

4 Choice A for Hamlet

5 Flabbergasted feeling

6 Minor player, metaphorically

7 Comedian Costello

8 Greatest extent

9 Southern, and then some

10 An official language of New Zealand

11 2014 movie musical starring Quvenzhane Wallis

12 Phone tapping targets?

13 Unused to

18 Great Society prez

22 Audit expert, for short

24 “We deliver for you” org.

25 Off! ingredient

26 Penlight powerers, often

27 “My word!”

28 Fury

29 Rush order

30 Stick in the fire?

33 Under restraint

35 “To …” things

36 Stone-cold cinch

37 Gospel with the Prodigal Son parable

38 Put in a hold

40 Epitome of gentleness

41 Calculus calculation

43 Evil, in Laval

45 High Sierra runner

46 Like a blank stare

48 Herb with “sweet” and “holy” varieties

49 ___ acid

50 Institute

51 Wipe away

52 Senator Kaine of Virginia

55 Soccer striker’s jersey number, traditionally

56 Out

57 Female swans

58 Server load?

61 “Well, what have we here?!”

62 Indian lentil dish

63 Before this time

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