The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

BARBARA LIN

ACROSS

1 Truck weigh station unit

4 Enter one’s password

9 Contents of an hourglass

13 Boston’s Mass. ___

14 Birth announcement units

16 Charlie’s Angels, e.g.

17 ’Tis the season: Abbr.

18 One remedy for a hangover, supposedly

20 Place to attach a surfboard leash

22 Big ___ (cheapo’s opposite)

23 Place to pick up a pepperoni pie, perhaps

27 Card in Uno or action on Spotify

29 Actress Glazer of “Broad City”

30 U.F.C. sport

33 Popeye’s Olive ___

34 Thorny part of a rose

35 Listens to

37 Close follower of the “horse race”

41 Poker-faced

42 “Oh, OK”

43 Sinister fish in “The Little Mermaid”

44 Reactions to stepping on Legos, say

45 Late-night coffee order

47 What’s stronger

than “might”

48 Aircraft that’s 1% full?

51 Farm measure 54 Astronomer Hubble 57 Some Xmas card attire … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across 61 Keats’s “To Autumn,” e.g. 62 Worry 63 Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo 64 “Oedipus ___” 65 Snafu

66 Snapple cap fodder 67 Kit ___ bar

DOWN

1 Selfcongratulatory cry

2 Have a bun in the ___

3 Aid for sleeping on a plane 4 Singer/actress Jennifer 5 “Yes, madame!” 6 Big inits. in protein powder 7 “Gross!”

8 Half ___ (wrestling hold)

9 Fall guys?

10 Like Death Valley 11 Pleasant French city? 12 Go-getter 15 Filter that gives photos a vintage look

19 Biden White House press secretary Psaki 21 Sass

24 Pasta popular on “The Sopranos” 25 Smart ___ 26 Birthplace of Rastafarianism 27 Absorbs, as with bread 28 Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years

31 Iconic encouragement from Tim Gunn on “Project Runway”

32 The Little Mermaid 34 Teen’s bedroom, stereotypically 35 Peach or periwinkle 36 Vend 38 Checks out 39 Challenge for a future atty. 40 Spanish boss, with “el”

45 8 or 9, but not 10

46 Were it possible that

47 Get hitched 49 When doubled, enthusiastic 50 Jokes around 51 Radio switch 52 Safekeeping 53 Google Maps might provide several of them: Abbr. 55 Starting place for an inventor

56 In the on-deck circle, say

58 4.0 is an excellent one 59 African American or Asian American, e.g., for short 60 Stick (out)