THE NYT CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 *Like carols and cantatas
5 Breathing room
10 Put a limit on
13 Mayberry moppet of 1960s TV
14 Tissue layers
15 “What ___ we here?”
16 *Grand Prix locale
18 Country west of Afghanistan
19 Ambient music pioneer Brian
20 Used a doorbell
21 Scarecrow’s desire in “The Wizard of Oz”
22 Canadian gas brand
24 *“You’re beautiful,” in Paris
27 Words of commitment
29 Seasickness, e.g.
30 Moon ___ (apt anagram of ASTRONOMER)
33 Tax ID
34 Stat for cleanup hitters
37 *“Yay for us!”
39 *Uma of “Kill Bill”
42 “Groovy!”
43 Where Slovakia and Slovenia are: Abbr.
45 Herbs with licorice-flavored seeds
46 Rustic shelter
49 One of the Kennedys
50 *Friend of Robin Hood
53 Bulletproof garment
56 Many, casually
57 Toy in windy weather
59 Original N.Y.C. subway line
61 Move like mud
62 Start of the baseball season … or what the start of each starred clue is?
65 Lines on a road map: Abbr.
66 Cappuccino cousin
67 Fraction of a bushel
68 Half-___ (do in a perfunctory way)
69 Gave medicine
70 *Fill to excess
DOWN
1 A handful of
2 Slightly ahead
3 Spanish boys
4 Figure out
5 Pet lover’s org.
6 Nursery buy
7 Pellet projectors
8 Cartoon collectible
9 That: Sp.
10 Sources of urban noise pollution
11 Be useful to
12 Tubular pasta
15 Newcomer at the office
17 Like beaches during storms
21 Small pellets
23 Voice of the Apple Watch
25 Dawn’s direction
26 Beach headwear
28 Point in the right direction
30 Inits. in some personals, once
31 Brewed drink
32 Intense promotional campaigns
35 Sweetheart, in modern slang
36 ___ and outs
38 “The Nutcracker” skirt
40 Lopsided
41 Theme park feature
44 Houston N.B.A. team
47 Makes more bearable
48 Coaching great Parseghian
50 Trees and shrubs
51 Alex Haley epic
52 Kunta of 51Down
54 Half of a 45
55 Stretch of land
58 Headed for overtime
60 Little squirt
62 Like Mother Hubbard
63 Kung ___ chicken
64 Chatty travel companion