The New York Times Crossword

No. 0215

1 Throw in

4 Not fixable, as an error 9 Group whose full name translates as “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” 12 Hit or miss, perhaps 14 It makes you “dance down the street with a cloud at your feet,” in a 1953 hit 15 Red ___ (serving at

a Carolina barbecue) 16 People also known

as the Cat Nation 17 Powered down, in a way 18 “The pause that refreshes” sloganeer, once 19 Disturb, in a way

21 Bill supporting public television

22 Told where to go, say

23 Use X-ray vision on 25 Graceful

27 Make love?

28 So-called “missing links” 29 Chignon, for one

31 In the past

32 Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle’s circled squares

41 State in debate 42 Phenomenon nicknamed “Karl” in San Francisco 43 Biblical site of a burning bush

44 Soft rock

45 Doctor for kids

47 Cleans (up)

48 Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River 49 Garden party annoyance,

colloquially

51 Spider web, effectively

52 Part of a pen name? 53 Philanthropy 55 Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos 59 Results of some dating

app matches 63 Hoodwink

64 Fat substitute

65 Second of five?

66 Totally pumped

1 Disinclined

2 Response to “Merci”

3 Sat on a clothesline, say 4 This too shall pass

5 Kind of acid

6 ___ gun

7 Dizzy

8 Was up

9 Flower

10 “I want to go with you!” 11 Nation with a four-century

“Viking Age”

13 Controvert

15 Italian apology

20 Permit

22 Hundos

24 Approved on PolitiFact, say 26 Speaker of the line “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” 30 Landlord-pays-broker,

in rental lingo

31 Existential unease

32 Word with bank or base 33 Not written

34 Jamaican tangelo

35 N.F.C. South pro 36 Degenerate

37 Meaning of the Italian

“lui” or German “ihn” 38 Aware of

39 Part of yourself that you can’t

see without two mirrors 40 Essence

45 Careened across snow,

maybe

46 Sleek ocean

swimmers

49 Broke one’s silence

50 Life of ___

52 Impressive showbiz

quartet

54 CD component 55 “Windowpane”

56 Plastic ___ Band

57 “I meant that

sarcastically”

58 Title of respect

59 Stylish dresser

60 Degree in math?

61 Test for a future Ph.D.

62 Blue