The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Some people have checkered ones

6 Buenos ___ 11 The “me” of “Despicable Me”

14 First name in

cosmetics 15 Like some online purchases 16 Alley-___ (fancy

basketball shot) 17 Classic work with chapters titled “Attack by Stratagem” and “Maneuvering an Army” 19 Clear tables at a

restaurant 20 Kylo ___ of

“Star Wars” 21 Emerald ___ (Ireland)

22 It’s reversed in a mirror 24 Signature Phil Collins hit ranked among VH1’s “100 Greatest Songs of the 80s” 28 Musical

skill

29 Cher or Sade,

voicewise 30 State generating the highest percentage of its electricity by wind

33 Drill conductor,

informally 35 Wed. follower 38 Changes political affiliation

42 Egg layer 43 Cries of protest 44 Cowboy’s

charge

45 Only player on more than two winning World Cup teams 46 Stage name of Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys

48 Flee to remote

safety

56 Book that comes with a set of keys 57 Sign of

sainthood 58 Debtor’s note 59 Oaf 60 Despondent … as progressively suggested by 17-, 24-, 38and 48-Across? 64 Computing pioneer Lovelace 65 Concur 66 Scheduled to

arrive 67 Director Spike

or Ang 68 Big books 69 “Really?,” in

textspeak

Down

1 ___ dish

2 Pale

3 Bit of equipment for an angioplasty 4 Spill the ___

(gossip)

5 Top Italian

soccer league 6 Kind of sauce 7 Derive by logic 8 Like some data

and deals 9 Emissions

control grp. 10 Florence Griffith Joyner or Wilma Rudolph 11 It’s prepacked for an emergency 12 Where a slice

might go 13 Victory by a Cinderella team, e.g.

18 Russian despot 23 “Ay, dios ___!” 25 Pressure,

metaphorically 26 All-weather

protectors 27 Olympian

Korbut 30 “Sorta”

31 What the middle of 58-Across stands for 32 Victory

33 Home for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 34 Communication at Gallaudet Univ.

35 Fashion dictates that its width be the same as that of one’s lapels 36 Recipient of Grammy’s 2020 Song of the Year award for “I Can’t Breathe” 37 Euro rival, in

brief

39 Toque

40 Prefix with

-gram 41 Homophone of

35-Down 45 Show of love,

for short? 46 One of the

Spice Girls 47 Musical

combos? 48 Islamic equivalent of kosher 49 Practice piano

piece

50 Pond scum,

typically 51 Afternoon hour 52 Abhors 53 Approvals on

Facebook 54 Trompe ___ 55 Optimistic 61 “Me” problem 62 Pitching

asset

63 “___ Lips Are Sealed” (GoGo’s hit)