The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Pedal effect on a guitar
5 “Shoot”
10 Chuck, e.g.
14 Larry’s housemate on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” 15 A toast
16 Hardly to be had 17 Designs 19 Humblebragger’s words
20 Parts of surround sound systems 21 Socks (away) 23 Winner of nine Grand Slam titles 24 Short turnaround? 26 Capital of 52Down
29 Keister, in Leicester
30 Half of a sawbuck 31 Unprincipled 32 Exams for future J.D.s
34 Separate from all the others, say 35 Urgent care provider, in brief 38 Many P.S.A.s … or the four circled squares in this grid?
40 Lilliputian
41 Famous peanut grower
43 “Giant Brain” unveiled in 1946 45 Split
46 Revolutionary icon
47 Browns and stouts 51 1990s “S.N.L.” cast member 52 VW hatchback 53 Dazzled
54 Grind
56 Like some libertarians 58 Broadcast personality Kelly 60 One drawing lots? 62 Friends
63 Whole
64 Ciudad del ___, Paraguay
65 Informal meeting 66 Pool shot with lots of spin
67 Place to store things
DOWN
1 Michigan congresswoman Slotkin
2 Focal point
3 Some accommodations 4 Length of a short, maybe
5 Concerning 6 Mountain coverings? 7 “Kitchykitchy___!” 8 Where a minister lives
9 Animated sister of princess Anna 10 “The Inbetweeners” or “Fawlty Towers”
11 Shamefully admits defeat 12 Miscalculate, say 13 “S.N.L.” head writer from 1999 to 2006
18 Early platform for The Legend of Zelda, for short 22 Suburb of San Diego
25 Put under a microscope
27 Give five stars, say
28 Sheltered at sea 30 Longtime Packers QB Brett
31 Man’s name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet 33 Sweetener from a leaf extract
35 Shoe brand originating in Denmark
36 Kind of Ovaltine 37 Kodama, in Japanese mythology
39 Taking a break 42 Certain outer coating
44 Dental pointers? 48 Like an Oscars afterparty 49 Discarded computers and the like
50 Had a stimulating conversation?
52 See 26-Across 53 “How was ___ know?”
55 Pond film
57 A or B, but not Y or Z
58 “Mom” network 59 Shade
61 Some colas