The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Get in the game?

5 Home of the comics heroes Asterix and Obelix

9 Month with a so-called “hunter’s moon”: Abbr. 12 “Let’s Make ___”

13 Actor Edward James ___ 15 “It’s cold in here!” 16 What might be rolled for a strike

18 Put (down) 19 ___ no good (misbehaving) 20 Bud … or bait 21 Slightly off 23 Verse in a poem 25 What a clock might strike

27 [A spider!] 28 ___ Fleming, British naval intelligence officer-turnedwriter

30 Is on the same page 31 Dexterous 33 Milky gem 36 Put two and two together, say

37 What might strike during a storm

40 Mermaid’s home

42 Place for a fork … or a jackknife? 43 Cry of pain 46 Popular Nissan model

48 “For sure!” 50 Ctrl-___-Del 52 Who might go on strike

55 Plush fabric 57 Religious believer of a sort

58 Rod between wheels

60 Site for buying and selling crafts 61 Letters on a Forever stamp 62 What might strike you while solving this puzzle 65 6-3 in tennis, e.g.

66 Place to leave one’s shoes, perhaps 67 Disney heroine whose name means “ocean” 68 Firefighter’s tool 69 Many a big charity event 70 “Bird by Bird” writer Lamott

Down

1 Took home a “furever friend,” say 2 Fresh spin on a familiar concept 3 Prey-catching claw

4 Inventor Whitney 5 Painter Vincent van ___

6 Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” or “Artpop”

7 It’s not sweet, sour, salty or bitter 8 Response to a funny text (that usually isn’t literally true)

9 Beholden (to) 10 Suddenly stopped working, as a computer 11 Secret meetings 12 Mistreat

14 Sort of language generally found in Urban Dictionary 17 Final Four org. 22 Desert illusion 24 Rigatoni relative 26 Surrealist Salvador 29 Manhattan neighborhood containing some of N.Y.U. 32 Thrashes about

34 Org. that provides chaperones for field trips 35 Name on Woody’s shoe in “Toy Story” 38 Overcast 39 Wall Street inits. since 1792

40 Like some couples 41 Atone for 44 Mekong Valley resident 45 Wedding guest’s partner, say

46 Only mortal Gorgon in Greek myth 47 Recurring theme 49 Penultimate word in a fairy tale 51 Attempting to, casually 53 G.P.A. booster

54 Kick out 56 Divulge 59 Pre-euro currency 63 Christmastime concoction 64 Doctors’ org.