New YOrk TimeS crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 Richie and Ralph’s pal on “Happy Days” 7 Shakespearean title 11 Misbehaving 14 “Knocked Up” director Judd

15 Tribe at Council Bluff 16 First word of the Lord’s Prayer 17 Teaching catchphrase popularized by “The Karate Kid” 19 Sports ___

20 Spot for a yacht 21 Resealable container for chips or cheese 23 Place to get a perm 26 Jean who wrote “Wide Sargasso Sea” 27 Spot for a yacht 30 Rhinoceros’s skin, essentially 32 Portrayer of Cruella de Vil in 1996’s “101 Dalmatians” 35 Portia de Rossi, to Ellen DeGeneres 38 Customize, as

a video game

39 She reads the signs 41 Animated movie

villain with Minions 42 Lions, Tigers or Bears 44 Connection point for

a smartphone cable 46 Trades

48 Should pay

49 Indian flatbread 50 Biblical verb with “thou”

52 One using Monster. com

55 Alpo alternative 59 “We Like ___”

(old campaign slogan) 60 Covert means of communication … or what’s hiding in the circled letters? 63 Compete

64 The Beatles’“Let ___” 65 “Couldn’t tell ya!” 66 Gobble up 67 Edamame beans 68 Show the door

DOWN

1 What dogs “shake”

with

2 Australia’s national

gem

3 Prepare to go

on the runway 4 Comes calling

5 B+, e.g.

6 “Gross!”

7 Trap, as a car

8 On

9 “Hilarious!,” briefly

10 Twist out of shape 11 Loser of tennis’s Battle of the Sexes 12 Mysterious vibes 13 What a Pride Day parader might dress in 18 ___ dye 22 Vittles

24 Raggedy ___ (dolls) 25 Prepare for a hockey game 27 Powers that be: Abbr. 28 Sunburn soother

29 Really sunburned 30 “Gimme just ___” 31 Do some farrier’s work on

33 What frugal people make do with

34 Ball in the sky

36 Be in a dither 37 What the “€” symbol

stands for

40 Makes the cut? 43 [Blown kiss]

45 Royal attendants 47 Wolf-headed

Egyptian god 49 Finnish-based consumer electronics giant 50 Hockey feints 51 Tolkien beast 52 Nonsense talk

53 ___ alphabet 54 Soft-serve chain 56 ___ Domini

57 It might start with “For Starters” 58 Part of a TV schedule

61 That dude’s 62 Ending with many

fruit names