The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Highly rated March telecast, with “the”
7 Actor Michael of “Juno”
11 “Hot” stage item
14 Bit of broccoli
15 Neon-colored, say
16 Sound at a fireworks display
17 “Slumdog Millionaire” actress
19 Air Force ___
20 “Dracula” author Stoker
21 Archaeologist’s find
23 “___ Lama Ding Dong”
26 High-end ridesharing option
29 Become a YouTube sensation, say
31 Wine holder
32 Fairy king in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
33 Trash-talk
34 Fannie ___ (finance company)
37 Bach piece whose title sounds a bit risque
41 Stuff attached to an Acme detonator, in cartoons
42 Do some yard work
43 Primitive shelter
44 Gelatin made from seaweed 46 American military construction force
47 U.K. military force
51 Group of buffalo
52 Stately potato?
53 Scuttlebutt, say
55 Solemnly swear
56 Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37and 47-Across?
63 “Men ___ from Mars …”
64 The “E” of EGOT
65 “Be all you can be” sloganeer
66 Drug studied by Timothy Leary
67 Potting material 68 Public esteem
DOWN
1 Not working today
2 Camera type, for short
3 Iowa college
4 Man’s name that’s another man’s name backward
5 Snoopy’s nemesis
6 Restaurant review symbol
7 Rise, as temperatures
8 Very long time
9 Dull routine
10 Cute, cutesily
11 Dough or bread
12 Greek column style
13 Chess announcement
18 One of the Beatles
22 Mammal with a white rump
23 Batman’s sidekick
24 Prevent, as a crisis
25 Surrealist Joan
27 Vaping stick, for short
28 Do some grapplin’
29 Capricorn’s animal
30 Tiny superhero in the Marvel Universe
33 Dawn drops
34 Gold digger?
35 Paid to play
36 Prima donna problems
38 Jewish wedding dance
39 Japanese meeting place that serves refreshments
40 Broccoli ___
44 “That feels so-o-o good!”
45 They’ll show you the world
46 Option when setting up a new tech device
47 Coke, to Pepsi
48 Foul smells
49 Deviated temporarily from a straight course
50 LPs and 45s
54 What a 56-Across would tally for this puzzle?
57 Comedian Philips
58 French friend
59 Siesta
60 Capote’s nickname
61 First responder, for short
62 Grain in a Salinger title