The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Device that might be confused with a router

6 Essayist Didion

10 Things in Easter baskets

14 Honda luxury brand

15 Taking ___ account

16 Money that’s borrowed

17 1976 song by the Runaways with the lyric “Hello world, I’m your wild girl”

19 Not all 20 Spicy 21 Caviar, e.g. 22 Feeling tense 24 Not worth a ___

25 Walk in water up to one’s ankles, say

27 ___ Lingus 28 1996 Deana Carter hit with the lyric “My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet”

33 “Warts and all,” in

an ad

34 Mideast title

35 “American Dad!”

network

36 “Mad” run

37 Lugged around

39 Furry “Star Wars”

creature

42 Hawaii’s Mauna

___

44 Rip

45 Lesbian icon played by Lucy Lawless

46 1985 Prince hit with the lyric “And if it was warm she wouldn’t wear much more”

49 Race, as an

engine

50 Frees (of)

51 Chicago trains

52 “Be that as it may …”

54 ___ Lanka

55 In the style of, on a menu

58 Lose energy

59 “I love this song!” … or a doubly apt description of 17-, 28- and 46-Across

63 Take a snooze 64 57-Down’s state

65 Inner ___ (goal of meditation)

66 Is in the hole

67 Novice, informally

68 Jazzy instruments

DOWN

1 2 Physicist Dos x cuatro Ernst 3 Song for two 4 Slip up 5 It’s in your bones 6 Be in harmony

7 Musical artist Yoko

8 Bank lobby sight

9 Completely insignificant person

10 Otherwise

11 “Your response is what I hoped you’d say”

12 Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins

13 Villain’s expression

18 “Sure thing!’

23 Aquatic salamander

24 Cloth strips on military uniforms

25 Ones involved in a 2023 Hollywood strike

26 Overdue debt 28 Unhappy 29 Airport org.

30 Reluctant, as an investor

31 Acted too broadly

32 Large-horned mountain goats

38 Appliances with lint traps

40 Number of times Rose tells Jack she loves him, in “Titanic”

41 Kit ___ bar

43 Auto financing figs.

46 Critic’s piece

47 Vitamin that contributes to hair and nail growth

48 Goodyear aircraft

49 In style once more

53 Makes after taxes

54 Wild guess

55 Hero in the Trojan War

56 Wedding dress material

57 City north of Des Moines

60 Weeding tool 61 “So cu-u-ute!” 62 Vote in favor