NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Engaged in country-to-country combat 6 Dance movement 10 Story about Zeus

and Hera, e.g.

14 Be dishonest with 15 Language of Bangkok 16 Salmon variety 17 Small floor covering 19 Witticism

20 Gummy gumbo vegetable 21 “Winnie-the-Pooh” baby

22 Irene of old Hollywood 23 Standard breakfast order

27 Johnny who sang “Chances Are” 29 Toward shelter, at sea 30 White as a ghost 31 Legacy student’s relative, for short 33 Friendly 37 Nintendo game console

38 Lead off … or a hint

to the circled letters 41 Aye’s opposite 42 Makings of a castle

at the beach

44 Gyro wrap

45 Waste maker,

in a saying

47 At any time

49 Entries in the

minus column 50 Passover no-no 55 Holder of unread emails 56 Savings plan for old age, in short 57 Kudrow of “Friends” 60 Cut and paste text, e.g. 61 Play H-O-R-S-E, say 64 Michelangelo’s “David,” for one 65 German luxury carmaker

66 Arctic people

67 Put the pedal to the metal

68 Get over a sunburn, maybe

69 Green pasta sauce

DOWN

1 Likewise

2 Sound of a watch 3 Diminishes, as patience 4 Embassy staffer 5 “Poppycock!” 6 Longtime senator Thurmond

7 Pulsate

8 French water

9 Big Bad Wolf’s target 10 Steve who directed “12 Years a Slave” 11 The “Y” of Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.” 12 The “T” of Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.” 13 “High” feelings 18 Timeline periods 22 J.F.K.’s predecessor 24 Age indicator in a tree trunk 25 Actress Linney in “Kinsey”

26 Trees attacked by bark beetles 27 Cavernous openings 28 Home to 48 countries 31 Blazing

32 Blazing

34 Sneakily dangerous 35 Suffragist Carrie

Chapman ___

36 Baby blues, e.g.

39 Like most businesses

from 9 to 5

40 “Get ___ to a nunnery”:

Hamlet

43 Totally loyal

46 Sea snail with a

mother-of-pearl shell 48 Annoy

49 “Shucks!”

50 Creditors’ claims on property 51 Ultimately become 52 Bear patiently 53 Semiconductor device with two terminals 54 Swelter

58 Barbecue rod 59 Concerning

61 Source of maple syrup 62 Choice from a

painter’s palette 63 Belly dancer’s gyrating

body part