The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Luxuriate 5 Bread that may be stuffed with shawarma 9 Moves like a

dog’s tail 13 Clamp that transposes a guitar’s pitch 14 “Hurry! We’re

late!”

15 Horse, in Latin 17 Unfair dig in an

argument 19 “We ___

please” 20 Actress Ward 21 Choose

23 Red October in “The Hunt for Red October,” e.g.

24 San Francisco neighborhood with the GLBT Historical Society Museum, with “the” 26 “I’m not THAT

gullible!” 28 “Not feeling it” 30 Witnessed 31 One pitching in 32 Scratch like an unhappy tabby

34 Sci-fi or horror 36 Challenge for a translator, maybe 37 What free TV usually comes with

38 Elephant of children’s books

42 “Me too!” 43 Quick plunge 44 Sky-blue 45 Cataclysm in the lore of many world cultures 47 Space missions that collect data without landing 48 Professional

occupation 51 Actor ___ Patrick Harris 53 Article of cricket equipment 54 Opposed (to) 55 Distilled coal product used to preserve wood

57 Maya who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 58 Some travel

packages 60 Roughly half of binary code 62 Unleavened

Passover staple 64 On again, as a flame or romance 67 Oktoberfest

vessel 68 Swanky party 69 In the area 70 Upper hand 71 Ice cream

brand 72 Green that might go in a smoothie

Down

1 Include covertly in an email thread

2 Sounds of bliss 3 Electronic device for a person with voice impairment 4 Eucalyptus-eating “bear”

5 Mac alternatives

6 Egotist’s “The party can start now!” 7 Response from someone who merely glanced at an online post, maybe 8 Poker buy-in 9 What a U.F.O.

might really be 10 E.P.A. pollution

stat

11 Clogs, as a machine or process 12 Surgeon’s

stitch 16 Clearheaded 18 Go through one of life’s significant moments 22 Journalist/ political analyst Nate 25 Vietnamese

New Year 27 Sordid 28 Long-running CBS police drama 29 Designer Gucci 33 Low-frequency

speaker

35 Mind reader’s

ability, in brief 37 Hubbub 39 Beverage mixed with tapioca pearls ... or a description of this puzzle’s circled letters?

40 One of the Starks on “Game of Thrones” 41 Breather 46 Black-andwhite cookie 47 Christmas tree 48 Quiets

49 Pilot a plane 50 Like apartments and many tuxedos 52 With little

effort

56 Bold way to solve a sudoku 59 Impulse 61 Notary public’s authorizing stamp

63 Sharp turn 65 Nitrous oxide,

e.g.

66 “Dr.” who performed at Super Bowl LVI