The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 “Ain’t that the truth!” 7 Use a swizzle stick 11 “You don’t need to be ___, Roy” (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) 14 Human beings 15 Keister, in Leicester 16 Filmmaker DuVernay 17 *TV remote inserts, often 19 Implement with ink 20 Technical detail, for short 21 *Sobriety support group session, informally 23 Give off, as vibes 26 Little criticism 27 Pub barrel 30 *Animal whose name means “earth pig” in Afrikaans 35 Line on a sales receipt 36 Skirmish 38 Lena of “Chocolat” 39 Floor cover 40 *“Winnie-the-Pooh” writer 42 Lacto-___ vegetarianism 43 Element that also names a household appliance 45 Acknowledges with a head tilt 46 Snag 47 *4.0 on a transcript 49 Shapes made in the snow 51 Swing ___ (when big bands were big) 52 Disney snow queen 53 *Three-time Emmy winner for “Breaking Bad” 58 Word with butter or Stadium 62 What’s central in heliocentrism 63 Tennessee Smokies or Portland Sea Dogs … or what the answers to the starred clues comprise? 66 Words from an altar ego? 67 Fairy tale menace 68 Section of a sentence 69 What’s inside an inner tube 70 Fly high 71 Summer wear with a T-shirt
DOWN
1 Many hoppy brews, in brief 2 ___ of faith 3 One of four in the human brain 4 Actress Sissy 5 Ctrl-___-Del 6 Nonetheless 7 Singer Bareilles 8 Minor haircut 9 “Ah, gotcha” 10 Forward, as mail 11 Banking giant that makes the Venture card 12 Bakery hot spot 13 Yin’s opposite 18 “Don’t starve yourself!” 22 Big name in DVRs 24 Prefix with physics 25 Tropical lizard 27 Indoor spaces with lots of natural light 28 First lady Bush 29 Arnold Schwarzenegger or Ronald Reagan, for California 30 Parenthetical comment 31 “___ Well That Ends Well” 32 Car for a vacationer 33 Archcompetitor 34 Some volume controls 37 Pollution in city skies 41 Like, forever! 44 Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome 48 Total strangers, in modern slang 50 Prefix with enterologist 52 Right-angle shape 53 Home of seven -stans 54 A4 automaker 55 Jumping stick 56 Vibe 57 Lyft competitor 59 Consider, as a judicial case 60 Down ___ (Maine) 61 Iowa campus town 64 Mini-albums, in brief 65 “Say ___” (doctor’s request)