NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Calvin from “Calvin and Hobbes,” e.g.

4 Word file, in brief

7 Like London streets during Dickens’s time

13 Much

14 Stuck

16 What precedes a terrible period? 17 Push aside for selfish ends 19 One-time appearance on a TV show 20 Refreshment for a Brit 21 Harangue 22 Uncontroversial

24 Like a call from someone one just thought about 26 34th prez

27 “Bien sûr!”

28 Rug rat 31 Oppressive rule by absolute power

34 They are often

grain-fed

35 Hebrew leader? 36 Actress Hagen

37 Kama ___

41 Flooded

43 Sparkle

44 Command in

“Macbeth”

48 Back on board 49 Dir. from Norfolk to

Philadelphia 50 Count ___

51 Popular music streaming service 52 List shortener 55 Tentatively add to the schedule, with “in” 57 Do some museum work

58 Aid for a submarine captain

61 Like some bars 62 Product whose jingle uses the “Dragnet” theme

63 Neighbor of Wash. 64 Nitpicker

65 Sailing rope 66 Perfect

DOWN

1 Uncertainties

2 Hair clump 3 Alternative to à la carte 4 “What’s the ___?” 5 Like varsity or junior varsity players

6 Turn at high speed 7 Closing credits feature, sometimes 8 Requirement for un baño

9 Attended (to) 10 Became unhinged 11 What’s consumed 12 One who shouldn’t be driving 15 Treasure hunt phrase … or a hint to seven Across answers 18 Hostile 22 Six-pack purchase, maybe

23 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” author 25 Largest pelvic bones 29 Higher-up

30 “Your time ___!” 32 Big tablet 33 Common symbol in

pronunciation: Var. 36 Its graduates include more than 50 astronauts, in brief 38 Backpack snack 39 Recurring snippet in a

bass line, say 40 Counsel: Abbr. 42 Surrounding 43 Japan, to the U.S. 44 Eight fluid ounces 45 Affect, as humidity

might a piano

46 Got misty, with “up” 47 Like cardboard jigsaw puzzles 51 Choose, as a questionnaire box 53 It goes with the flow 54 Major thoroughfare through Houston, informally 56 Something to try 59 Hubbub 60 Thumbs-down review