The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
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
DOWN
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