The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Blackthorn

5 Motion to strike?

9 Noted figure in genetic research

14 Affectionate gesture that might get some blowback?

15 Govt. workplace overseer

16 Provide things for

17 Where students may be plotting

19 Saint ____ (West Indies nation)

20 Customer service state?

21 Enter on tiptoe

23 Focal point of ancient Athens

24 Take exception to

26 Power tool used for mosaics

28 Early voting site

32 They’re often “baked in” to podcasts

35 Tenants’ collective protest

36 Fossil fuel alternative

37 Congratulations

39 Sidewalk shader

40 Reef builder

41 Creator of the nine circles of Hell

44 Film character who takes “the red pill”

45 Get a little punchy?

46 Comes (from)

48 Site of the Wailing Wall

50 Actress Thompson

54 Hidden

57 “The Wizard of Oz” prop

58 Bat mitzvah figure

59 Common directive in 17-Across … or what to do with five squares in this puzzle

62 Anyone who’s “in” this is out

63 County in New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania

64 Phrase that’s a real game-changer?

65 Impede

66 Expert service provider?

67 Disney queen

DOWN

1 Nation that switched from right- to left-hand traffic in 2009

2 Preceder of the Chen dynasty

3 Prefix meaning “correct”

4 Strongly urge

5 Successfully pitched

6 Body image focus group?

7 Sounds of realization

8 Low-pitched woodwind

9 Actress Mirren

10 Problem that may have several factors

11 Good thing to be in

12 Numeral on some sundials

13 60 minutes, for one

18 L’oréal competitor

22 Unfamiliar

24 Toon with the catchphrase “You eediot!”

25 Body shop fig.

27 “Aux innocents ___ mains pleines” (“Fortune favors fools”)

29 Giant in chemicals manufacturing

30 Decline

31 2012 film centered around a hostage crisis

32 Kindergarten series

33 Decline

34 Singer Bareilles

36 Honeybun

38 Unknown quantity in a

10-Down

39 Off-roader, in brief

41 Great salt lake

42 Add up to

43 Zero

46 Dr. based out of Compton, Calif.

47 Snap with a stick, maybe

49 Alpine athlete

51 Bad-tempered expression

52 Wraparound garments

53 Rabbit ears, e.g.

54 Standing on the street

55 Sport with a stick

56 Published remembrance, for short

57 Divided by, in fractions

60 Middle-earth menace

61 What an impostor tries to sell