NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One who settles arguments

8 Late bloomers

14 “Stay strong!” 15 “Awesome!”

16 Like some information on food labels 17 Lady Bird Johnson’s real given name 18 Newspaper unit: Abbr. 19 Plying with wine and roses, say

20 Old TV screens, for short

23 Like Nevada among all U.S. states 25 Non-P.C. suffix

26 ___ polloi

27 Laugh riot 28 Heading for the fence?

30 “Ta-ta for now!”

33 ___ to one’s ears 37 Scarlet stigma

38 Fish that’s being

reeled in

41 Hit the top in Tetris, e.g. 42 Maker of Star Wars and Indiana Jones video games 44 Longtime record label for Elton John and Mary J. Blige 47 “Love ___” (Beatles song)

48 Sch. on the bank

of the Charles River 49 Kingston dude 52 Veteran

54 Capital of the Land of the Midnight Sun 55 Optimistic bridge calls 57 They’re parked in parks 59 People who might greet you by saying “Talofa, afio mai!” (“Hello, welcome!”) 60 Word in many

a personal ad 64 Brian’s pal on “Family Guy” 65 Former “Weekend Update” co-anchor 66 Hungers (for)

67 Its atomic number

is 39

DOWN

1 Kind of order … or a hint to this puzzle’s unusual construction 2 Stephen of

“V for Vendetta” 3 OPEC units: Abbr. 4 Classic Camaros 5 Tropical tuber 6 “Nothing is easier than to denounce the ___; nothing is more difficult than to understand him”: Dostoyevsky

7 Boom box button 8 Visibly embarrassed 9 Reach, as an altitude 10 Push

11 Singer Gormé 12 Comes down 13 Retrieves, as balls 17 British runner Sebastian

19 ___ Gaston, first African-American manager to win a World Series 20 “Just relax!” 21 Loggers’ contest 22 Isn’t on the level 24 Queen, for one

27 Bit of a giggle

29 “___ yellow ribbon …” 31 Modern educational acronym 32 Something you feel in your gut? 34 Things most people follow

35 Word before “Yesterday” in a Tony Bennett hit and “Tomorrow” in a Sammy Kaye hit 36 Green sauce 39 “That’s simply lovely!” 40 Brandy label

letters

43 Ones calling people out?

45 Lead singer of Nirvana

46 Flared dresses 49 Old-fashioned 50 Almost circular 51 Setting of Hercules’ first labor 53 License to drill, for short? 54 Schindler with a list 56 “Hey there, tiger!” 58 Let it all out 60 Barnyard adjunct

61 “___ Ruled the World” (1996 Nas hit) 62 Opposite of old,

in Oldenburg

63 It might precede

a shower