The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Word before bar or party
7 Athena’s winged companion
10 Hype (up)
13 Diamond official 14 Sulk
16 “___, fi, fo, fum” 17 *Drivers’ process when two lanes of traffic become one
19 Antitrust law enforcement org. 20 Sick
21 Bizarre
22 Ancient Greek market
24 The windows to the soul, it’s said 26 *Garden plant that opens and shuts its “mouth” when squeezed
28 Pony up
30 Brand of sunglasses
31 Syria’s Bashar al___
34 French word after “vous”
36 When you’re on it, you’re en pointe 38 *White pizza toppings 42 Sacramento- toSan Diego dir. 43 Long stretches 44 What you’ve got going for you 45 Threaten, as a cat might
48 Puncher’s tool 49 *Design on some baseball uniforms 52 Bus driver for Lisa and Bart
56 Darkest part of a shadow
57 They’re sworn 59 Burgle
60 Brown who wrote “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” 61 Accept and let go of something … or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred clues 64 Vitamin supplement retailer
65 Munich Mrs. 66 Official declarations 67 Laugh sound
68 ___ mode 69 Major-leaguer who wears 49-Across at home
DOWN
1 Q preceder, in song
2 Poet Dickinson 3 Jobs creation
4 “Let ‘er ___!” 5 Gaffer, best boy and others 6 Inquisition charge 7 Work from Bellini or Rossini
8 Popular blogging platform
9 Tote 10 Espresso-over-ice cream desserts 11 Time keeper
12 Pie nut
15 Like some people at weddings and funerals
18 Lowest part of a range, for short 23 Chitter-chatter 25 Old-fashioned shoe cover 27 Inexact recipe amount
29 Hubbub
31 They can be sculpted and chiseled
32 You might order ahi tuna or yellowtail from it 33 “East of Eden” author
34 Moving
35 Wine vessel
37 Abbr. on a cornerstone 39 Close by 40 Uncooked
41 Home of the Viking Ship Museum 46 Azerbaijan or Lithuania, once: Abbr.
47 Wizard’s accessory 48 Daughter of Joe and Jill Biden 49 Chubby
50 Italian city in a “Kiss Me, Kate” song
51 [waves hand in a circle]
53 Something weighed at a weigh station 54 Linzer ___ (pastry)
55 Very corpulent 58 Pop
62 Glass of “This American Life” 63 Missing letters in “transgre_s_o_,” appropriately