NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Feature of a garden or novel

5 One way to be taken

10 Ingredient in some calming oils, for short

13 Per item

14 Like Venus, but not

Aphrodite 15 Corduroy feature 16 Marriage, e.g. 17 How many times Napoleon was exiled

18 Certain golf club 19 & 21 “The Simpsons” character who is a kids’ TV host 23 Dish eaten with both chopsticks and a spoon 24 Camera lens,

essentially 25 Bowling locale 26 & 29 Fast-food spokesperson with a goatee 31 Vineyard products made with frozen grapes

33 “O Sole ___” 34 Spots on TV 35 Muscat resident 37 Horror franchise

since 2004 40 Commercial ending

with Water 42 British P.M. before

Gladstone

45 & 49 Silent film star who portrayed the Little Tramp

Actress Day with a Presidential Medal of Freedom West of Hollywood Block number, for short?

54 & 56 Titular Dr. Seuss troublemaker Learning by memorization 60 Bernardo’s girlfriend in “West Side Story” Flight-related prefix “Hello, sailor!” Formal denial Hit the ___ (go to bed)

66 “____-hoo!” 67 Welcome

68 “What ___ is new?” 50

51 53 59 62 63 64 65

DOWN

1 Corporate benefit 2 Den

3 Grows eightfold 4 What must go on, per an adage 5 Pretentious, perhaps

6 With 61-Down, accessory worn by 19-/21-, 26-/29, 45-/49 and 54-/56-Across, as depicted four times in this puzzle’s grid 7 Friendship

8 Apt rhyme for “stashes” 9 Thigh/shin connector 10 Singer/songwriter King

11 Leaf ___ (fall tool) 12 Restaurant chain with a Grand Slam breakfast

15 “I’m on it!” 20 Morrison with a Presidential Medal of Freedom 22 “Please?”

24 K-5 sch. designation

26 Org. in many spy novels

27 Condition that may involve repetitive behavior, in brief 28 Thin-stemmed mushroom 30 Some Pennsylvania Dutch speakers 32 In low spirits 36 “Sweet!”

37 Herb named for its medicinal properties 38 Boxing family surname 39 Triumph

40 Costing an arm and a leg 41 “Casablanca” role 43 Allergy symptom 44 Placate 45 Retractable feature of a PC or stereo, once

46 Holiday laughter 47 “Am not!” response 48 Key of Dvorák’s “New World” Symphony 52 Absinthe flavoring 55 Zesty taste

56 Fruity pastry

57 Lob trajectories 58 Take a hit

61 See 6-Down