The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Long-term appeal
5 Rock star Cobain
9 Leave off
13 Q: How much does it cost to park at stadiums? A: ___
14 Postpone, as enrollment
15 Captain in “The Mysterious Island”
16 “My allergies are really acting up!”
18 Sicily’s highest peak
19 Unusual time to start a vacation
20 YouTube content
22 “It ___” (pompous arrival’s declaration)
23 “That third strike cost us the game!”
26 Like Swarthmore, but not Bryn Mawr
28 Food industry lobby, for short
29 Frost bit?
30 Not leave to chance
33 Run for fun, perhaps
35 Spanish 101 verb
36 “I keep losing things in the dryer!”
39 Mitch’s husband on “Modern Family”
42 Architect ___ Ming Pei
43 Calligraphy details
47 Hoard
49 Head across the pond?
51 Ella Fitzgerald forte
52 “My iPhone never works!”
56 Wearer of a “Y” sweatshirt
57 Wackadoodle
58 Stand by the pool, maybe
60 Fit for the task
61 “This bug spray is useless!”
64 Marquis de ___
65 Like many a campfire story
66 Water pitcher
67 Pressure, informally
68 It may be on the house
69 One who’s got your back
DOWN
1 Maze runners
2 National Medal of Arts recipient whose novel “Juneteenth” was published posthumously
3 Special treats
4 Put (away)
5 Puzzle whose name comes from the Japanese for “cleverness squared”
6 World traveler?
7 Hi-___
8 Fountain near the Spanish Steps
9 Wired
10 Shooting stars
11 “What’s the point in me even trying”
12 Glass elevator?
14 Easter egg decorator
17 Absolutely, informally
21 Call upon
24 Place to purchase pencils and paint
25 Prizefight ending
27 Lemon or turkey
31 Upped the ante
32 Old-fashioned preposition
34 Microsoft Surfaces, e.g.
37 The Big Easy
38 Typical college interviewees: Abbr.
39 Business that offers body waxing
40 Creatures named for their changing shape
41 Roald Dahl heroine
44 Nickname for the subzero
1967 N.F.L. Championship Game
45 Balls in a pocket
46 Recipe that might call for ginger and soy sauce
48 Word with fair or fight
50 Chooses to receive marketing emails, say
53 Prize declined by Sartre
54 Diet-friendly
55 Just scrape (by)
59 Bit of creativity
62 Scented souvenir
63 Is after you?