The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Preceder of Kitts, Lucia and Vincent in country names

6 Inexpensive sneakers

brand

10 ___ tea

14 Sleeping problem 15 Showy peacock feature

16 ___-Lago (presidential

retreat)

17 Clearly visible

19 Overly proper

20 Belt out a tune 21 Mother sheep

22 Major event in golf or

tennis

24 Iran’s capital

26 Like two-week-old

bread

27 Uncle in patriotic

posters

28 Hoity-toity

31 Sgts.’ superiors 34 Holders for emergency supplies

36 Fey of “Baby Mama” 37 Alternative to Chicago’s Midway

39 Reagan ___ (1981-89) 40 Particulars, in slang 41 Follower of Lovers’ or

Lois

42 Eating outing

44 “Not impressed” 45 Sets lofty goals 47 Preceder of com or org 49 Sharp, as pain 50 Unauthorized drawings of favorite characters

53 Bits of parsley

55 “That was stupid of

me!”

56 What an emoji depicts 58 Lena of “Chocolat” 59 What egotists use

instead of “I” 62 Affectionate, as a

farewell

63 Force from office 64 Funny DeGeneres 65 “Terrible” years for

kids

66 Chinese lap dog, informally

67 What strawberries have on the outside that most fruits have on the inside

DOWN

1 Gullible sorts 2 High-level H.S. English

subject

3 Totally silly

4 Sounds from a stable 5 Light brown 6 Neighborhood to get kimchi and bibimbap, informally

7 Simplicity

8 Go “pfft”

9 Detectives 10 Ill-mannered

11 Latin motto for a

go-getter

12 Lake that feeds the

Niagara River 13 “___ the torpedoes

&!”

18 Sentiment from a

Latino lover 23 Melancholy

25 Rant and rave 26 “Cosmos” co-creator

Carl

28 Conifer that loses its

needles in the autumn 29 Poker stake

30 ___ browns (side dish) 31 1970 hit for the Kinks 32 Person from Bangkok 33 Country completely

surrounded by Italy 35 Light, light brown 38 Takes back, as an offer 40 Popular rodent control

brand

42 Break at the Indy 500 43 Boise’s state 46 Greeting from Grandma

48 Husk-wrapped food

item

50 Strong suit

51 Esther of “Good

Times”

52 Hauled to the impound lot, say 53 Pillowy

54 Ground breaker 55 Office furniture 57 Scout groups

60 Shade

61 “That’s correct” & or a hint to the ends of 17-, 28-, 45-and 59-Across, in different languages