NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 *Bit of blue humor

5 Old beer with the ad line “From the land of sky blue waters”

10 *No-good con man

14 European sister brand of Buick 15 Something in a drafts folder

16 Sun god worshiper

17 Wallop

18 *Clint Eastwood title role

19 It has a 25-min. no-calculator section 20 She had a “major” role on “M*A*S*H” 23 End of a song at a New Year’s Eve party 24 One, overseas

25 Race leader?

27 Identify

28 *Secrets that would be embarrassing to reveal

31 What several characters in “Coming Home” came home from, informally 33 To laugh, in Lyon

35 ___ patch

36 Minute Maid Park player, for short 37 Brainstorm

39 Welcome at the door

41 Suisse sweetheart

42 Versus: Abbr.

45 Weigh in, say

46 They’re all in the family

47 He sang (but did not write) “I Write the Songs”

50 One who’s second to vote, usually 51 They get punched

53 Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 … with a hint to this puzzle’s theme 57 Lowdown

58 W. C. Fields persona

59 Sign with an arrow

61 California tourist destination 62 Comparatively peeved

63 Some hosp. staffers 64 *Something that might be bleeped 65 Intersected

66 *Stink eye

DOWN

1 *Unpleasant task that “someone has to do”

2 Expose, in verse

3 Color much worn on St. Patrick’s Day 4 John with five Grammys

5 Giggle

6 Dilettante

7 *Gin, vermouth and olive juice concoction

8 Kind of warning

9 Stallone and Stone

10 Fatty acid, e.g.

11 Like some scratch-off lottery tickets 12 Signature Obama measure, for short

13 *Lowdown scoundrel

21 Cousin, e.g.: Abbr.

22 Very, informally

23 Extended a greeting

26 Berth place 27 *Underhanded stratagem 29 2000s Japanese P.M.

30 B&O and others: Abbr. 32 *Ill-gotten gains

34 It’s used to pick things up 36 Conciliatory gift 38 Pusillanimous

40 Quaint greeting to a lady or gent 42 Like many early schoolhouses 43 *X-rated film

44 Jungle gym, for one

48 Not quite right 49 “Cheeseburger, large fries and a root beer,” e.g.

51 Not so hot

52 Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George

53 Axis leader

54 Winter frost

55 Fair

56 El ___ (weather phenomenon) 57 “Wham!”

60 “You should know better!”