The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0929

Across

1 Bring a smile to

6 Wild guess

10 Big jerk

13 *Stay in power

15 Daddy

16 “Put a cork in it!”

17 Vim

18 Impressive work

19 Vandalize, e.g.

20 ___ Lanka

21 Hatcher of Hollywood plots

23 *Hold on to

25 Lease alternative

26 *Done openly

28 Mane character of classic TV?

29 Unfiltered and unpasteurized brew

31 Large blue expanses

33 One playing with a mouse, maybe

34 Helpfully pushy person

37 *Changing gradually

41 Says “I do” at a Vegas drivethru, say

42 Single-masted boat

44 Newman who wrote “Heather Has Two Mommies”

47 Some thrift shop music purchases

49 It’s in heavy rotation on the highway

50 *Doesn’t eat

53 Type (in)

54 *On this spot

56 On the sheltered side, nautically

57 Shipping choice

58 Tone

59 Christmas trio

61 Ye olde apothecary bottles

64 First responder, in brief

65 Man in the Irish Sea, e.g.

66 When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues

67 Daisy Ridley’s “Star Wars” role

68 “… and ___ some”

69 Helen who sang “I Am Woman”

Down

1 “___ we having fun yet?”

2 Traditional focus of Brooks Brothers

3 @ follower, on Twitter

4 Assistant with a goofy beatboxing routine (just ask)

5 Reproductive unit in biology

6 Reproductive unit in botany

7 Mammal with a prehensile proboscis

8 Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on “The Simpsons”

9 Shindig

10 Capital of Eritrea

11 Clean-___

12 Viciously criticizes, informally

14 Benadryl competitor

22 Square

24 Like the background of the “Wicked” poster

25 Web address ender

26 King of pop

27 Country on the Gulf of Guinea

30 Audio tool that reduces volume extremes

32 Perfumes with a thurible

35 Great Basin tribe

36 Neglect

38 Something with two heels

39 Like some abs

40 Performed at one’s peak?

43 K-pop star whose hit 2012 song refrain made “The Yale Book of Quotations”

44 ___, rinse, repeat

45 Dig up

46 Like some winter weather

48 Fitness measure

51 Aerial hunter

52 Otherworldly

55 Give off

57 D&D equipment

60 Wood in a baseball bat

62 Lead-in to self

63 Slop spot