The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Big mess

6 Merino, for one

10 What shaken soda cans do

after being opened

14 Hour and minutes separator 15 Long-eared hopper 16 Smidgen

17 The Eagles’ “___ These

Nights”

18 Working diligently

19 Source of linen 20 Sommelier?

23 Winter D.C. setting

24 “If you ask me …,” in

shorthand

25 Pen’s end

26 Sense of self

29 Bartender?

32 Product once advertised with the jingle “Who wears short shorts? …”

35 How Marcie addresses Peppermint Patty, for no apparent reason 36 Shakespeare’s “___

Andronicus”

37 Actress Kendrick

38 Booth at a fair

41 Let go of

42 The “I” of I.P.A.

44 Suffix with super

45 Quod ___ demonstrandum 46 Soda jerk?

50 One of 12 in “antidisestablishmentarianism”: Abbr.

51 Sgt. or cpl.

52 Group of scenes

53 Govt. agency for retirees 56 Barista? 60 Concept

62 ___ de las Amazonas 63 Turn away

64 Word after fist or baby 65 Blue: Sp.

66 Sunnis and Shiites, e.g. 67 Intersect

68 Bone-dry

69 Writing by John Locke or

Alexander Pope

DOWN

1 It will have you seeing things 2 Discussing politics and

religion with strangers, often 3 On the qui vive

4 12 inches

5 Dirty, as a trick

6 “You got a problem with

that?”

7 “I do solemnly swear …,” e.g. 8 ___ Belt

9 Proceed without restraint 10 Sort (through)

11 Dacron fabric, for one 12 Boarding pass info 13 Makeup of candles or early

records

21 Sch. in Amherst

22 “Yeah, sure” 27 Dutch city or a cheese it’s famous for

28 Beginning

29 Outlet from a sink

30 Part of a bridal gown 31 Chopped finely, as food 32 Babes in the woods 33 What an onslaught of

political ads may do 34 “Pretend for a moment that

you care what I want” 39 Easy-peasy

40 Rubbish

43 ___ time (never) 47 Top-of-the-line Honda

offerings

48 Give an electrical

charge

49 Order that may follow

“Ten-hut!”

53 Engineering details

54 Big name in mattresses 55 ___-craftsy

57 Entranced

58 Gloomy

59 Dark times, informally 60 Company nicknamed Big

Blue

61 In ___ time