THE NEW YORK TIMES

ACROSS

1 Muck 5 Hilton competitor 10 Overlord’s domain 14 Green card issuer,

informally 15 Specks 16 Word repeated in

___ City, ___ 17 Eye an election

official? 20 Bulgaria’s

capital 21 “Fie!” 22 They may be

paddled 23 Laid-back 25 Tennis champion with the 2009 memoir “Open” 26 Decimate a monastery’s occupants? 30 “Ready when

you are!” 31 Formal vote 32 Desk jockey’s

happy yell 36 Prevarication 37 Letters on some

kits 39 Letters on some

kits 41 “The Prague

Cemetery” author,

2010 42 Happily, old-style 44 Many Ph.D.

candidates 46 Capital about 60 miles from the Caspian Sea 48 Warning shouted to a lacrosse defenseman? 51 Heavenly ring

bearer? 54 High-and-mighty

sort 55 Unique 56 ___ sauce 57 Let’s say,

informally 61 Develop one’s

comedy acts? 64 ___ Modern

(London museum) 65 Report card report 66 Tidal term 67 Glutted (on),

briefly 68 Afflictions sometimes caused by sleep deprivation 69 Musical Perry

DOWN

1 Safari vehicles? 2 “If you ask me,” in

textspeak 3 Good snorkeling

locale 4 Fires up 5 Grp. with a co-pay 6 “For sure!” 7 “Good going, kid!” 8 Corporate department that offers support 9 Chinese menu

general 10 Pricey pieces 11 Bitsy pieces 12 Some still-life

subjects 13 46-Across tongue 18 Flattened 19 It might be sexual 24 “Here, try wearing

this” 25 Accept after a

while 26 With one’s head in the clouds? 27 Et ___ (and

others: Lat.) 28 “Der Goldfisch”

painter 29 Parks’ partner,

familiarly 33 Spice Girl Halliwell 34 Statement of

confidence 35 Word choice? 38 Talk incessantly 40 Share, as a blog

entry 43 Didn’t make the

grade? 45 “My bad” 47 Popular color at

Victoria’s Secret 49 Bicolor snack 50 Separate,

as oxen 51 Dealt with 52 Tons 53 Rich European

dessert 56 Paramedic’s

“pronto” 58 Ready for

service 59 Airplane

ticket info 60 Spot 62 Speech coach’s

targets 63 ___ Midway