NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Puff ___ (snake)

6 Bit of Brylcreem, say 9 Following

14 Prince Harry’s mum 15 It hatches from a big egg 16 Unmanned aircraft 17 With 3-Down, useful 18 ___ Keane, “The Family Circus” cartoonist 19 With 11-Down, snobbish 20 California’s old Fort ___ 21 Soupy “Oliver Twist” fare 23 Cosmetician Lauder 24 Award named for the winningest pitcher of all time

26 Ones sacrificing for a cause

28 Santa ___ winds

29 Firm (up), as muscles 30 Long, hard journeys 33 Old coupon for

the needy

38 Greeting from a

parade float

39 With 29-Down,

sophisticated 40 Listening device

on a narc

41 Realtor’s showing 43 Murdered

44 Grand Ole ___

45 Put on, as a TV show 46 Patron of France 50 Produces a large

body of work?

54 “It is my desire …” 55 Word that can follow sea, solar or staying 57 “How relaxing!” 58 With 48-Down, affectionate 59 Part of the Freudian psyche

60 With 51-Down, weak and indecisive 62 Trapped on a branch

63 Screw things up 64 Walk leisurely 65 Authority

66 Man cave, maybe 67 Crust, mantle or

core, for the earth

DOWN

1 ___ committee 2 Book that might require a key to open 3 See 17-Across 4 Finish

5 Sci-fi weapons

6 Fix, as software 7 French female friend 8 Symbol of Teddy Roosevelt’s political party

9 Sticks (to)

10 Ice, as a cake

11 See 19-Across

12 Go inside 13 Spanish kings 22 Genetic initials 25 Like some wooden buckets

27 Roddick or Rooney 29 See 39-Across 30 What it takes to tango 31 Genre for Big Sean or Biggie Smalls 32 She raised Cain 33 Like most manual transmissions in the 1970s and ’80s 34 Spin, as a baton 35 First-___ kit

36 CT scan alternative 37 It’s “mightier than

the sword”

39 Arizona tribe

42 ___ list (tasks for

one’s spouse) 43 Active during the daytime 45 Card that beats a king

46 River deposits

47 ___ Birch, “American

Beauty” actress 48 See 58-Across 49 Fencing blades 50 Bound by an oath 51 See 60-Across 52 Ping-Pong surface 53 More timid 56 Grotesque folklore figure

61 Org. for docs