The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Something to

click

5 Pigeons on a

platter

11 ___ trivia 14 Astronomical

news

15 Term of address for many a respected elder 16 Strand in a cell 17 Serious schlep 18 *Secure 20 Monstrous sort 21 Nail polish brand with an “I’m Not Really a Waitress” shade

22 Give

permission to 23 *Trick

26 Some frozen

drinks

27 Global manufacturer of chemical products 28 What Graham Greene called a “failure of imagination” 30 Unflinching 32 Requested pickup time on many online orders 34 “How’s it

goin’?” 37 What to do before the answers to the starred clues will make sense

41 Boom times 42 Voting bloc 43 Didn’t wax,

say

44 Incense, in a

sense

46 Senate majority leader from 1996 to 2001 47 Like men’s doublebreasted suits, e.g.

50 *Speck 55 Destination of the first marathon (490 B.C.) 57 ___-roaring 58 Words that may scare off a buyer

59 *Riot 61 Afflictions 62 Number of a certain rear bowling pin 63 The hair of one’s chinny chin chin, maybe

64 Get on

board 65 Neighbor of

Bolivia: Abbr. 66 ___ manual 67 Optometrist’s offering, casually

Down

1 Being pulled

along 2 Short-legged

herding dog 3 Totally misses …or totally surveys 4 Uncouth

untruth 5 Watering hole in many westerns 6 Wisecracks 7 Leave with no strings attached?

8 QB stat: Abbr. 9 Bitter feeling 10 Words repeated while scrolling through a Netflix list, perhaps 11 Voyager 1, for

one

12 Cry to end a

pin 13 Makes, as

cakes

19 ___ to the

bottom 24 Having mucho dinero

25 “___ of Sunset” (Bravo series) 29 Galoot 30 Disco-dancing enthusiast on “The Simpsons” 31 Select 32 Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go 33 Farm

outbuilding 34 Popular site for holiday gift orders 35 Application 36 Many a prof

has one

38 ___ Attack (card game variant) 39 Uncommon

bills

40 Some hairstyles in punk fashion

44 ___ O’s 45 “Wait!” 46 Expires 47 Certain PanAfricanist, informally

48 Air up

there 49 Flip-flop 51 Keynote,

e.g.

52 Car part that moves rhythmically 53 What a jalapeño has that a habanero lacks

54 One of England’s socalled “home counties” 56 Boat that’s good in shallow water 60 Took off