NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Important consideration for investors

5 Attire that may leave

the chest bare

11 Barely lit

14 Demands 16 Concluding musical section

17 One of the premier clubs in the Premier League

19 Native New Zealander 20 A wee hour

21 Southern region where blues developed 28 Swift steeds 29 Words said while running out the door, maybe

30 Comics villain ___

Luthor

31 Applesauce

32 Die

34 “Law & Order: SVU” actor 35 Diamonds are weighed in them

37 Item swiped by Indiana Jones at the start of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

41 Conversed 43 Gerontologist’s subject 44 Crank (up)

47 Hill that’s steep on one side and gentle on the other

49 Bush — or an anagram

of BUSH plus one letter 50 Annual Austin festival 53 Halved

54 Actress Mazar of “Entourage” 55 Arrival and departure locales hinted at by 17-, 21- and 50-Across 63 CBS show with a “New Orleans” spinoff 64 Treasured possession 65 Pitiful

66 Indigenous people of Singapore

67 Mill devices

DOWN

1 Volcano feature

2 ___ moment (shortly) 3 Phishing target: Abbr. 4 Does awesomely 5 Goulashes, e.g. 6 Pilgrimage site in

central Italy

7 Wheel groove 8 Unfold, poetically 9 Negative linking word 10 Roamer of the Serengeti

11 “Pray continue …” 12 Conceptualize 13 1979 breakout role for Mel Gibson 15 Dominant faith of Iran

16 French filmdom 18 Places where lines meet

21 When repeated, Hawaiian menu item

22 Classic Camaro 23 Sashimi go-with 24 Wow

25 Accept, as a lesser charge 26 Component 27 “How sweet ___!” 33 Cause of tree damage and downed telephone wires 35 Sandwich usually served with toothpicks 36 Answer to the riddle “What force or strength cannot get through / I, with gentle touch, can do” 38 Dreadful, as

circumstances 39 Cross to bear

40 Like the group you’re in

if you’re out, for short 42 Sneeze sound

43 Waste container 44 Dwellers east of the Urals

45 One of the friends on “Friends” 46 Foul-smelling 48 Actress Hepburn 51 County divs.

52 Melodic subjects in

music

56 Meas. of engine speed 57 ___-la

58 Up to, informally 59 Author LeShan

60 1977 Steely Dan album

61 Stove setting for simmering

62 ___ admin (IT pro)