NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Game animals, for some
8 It may be long, twisted or hollow 13 Out of place, in obstetric parlance 14 Perilous
16 *Enjoying first-class amenities, say 19 Split apart
20 Other side
21 Nabisco brand since 1912
22 What might be written to a famous person
23 Device releasing particles
27 Goof
28 One who knows the ropes
29 Nag
31 Seasonal woe
33 *Wind speed metric
37 Galley part
38 Right-hand page
39 Legal ___
40 *One looking to become rich 42 Figures on CBS’s “Code Black”: Abbr. 43 Tough slog
44 Kitchen meas.
46 GPS data: Abbr.
47 Canopy support
51 Any vessel, traditionally
54 “The Wind in the Willows” creature 56 “___ Town”
57 Bill of Southwest legend
59 Have charge temporarily … or a hint to answering this puzzle’s three starred clues
63 Adjusts one’s sights 64 Blues-rock group that grew out of Jefferson Airplane
65 J. M. ___, “The Playboy of the Western World” playwright
66 Euripides tragedy
DOWN
1 Moving aspect of urban life? 2 Like many volcanic fumes 3 Fend (off)
4 Small bay
5 Word with can or season
6 Up to, informally
7 Genre for Philip K. Dick 8 Sound in Washington 9 Singer DiFranco
10 Figure kept in the head, usually: Abbr.
11 Kind of shell 12 Mentioned previously 15 Things mined in Cleopatra’s Mines
17 “___ interested”
18 Strong point
24 Civil unrest approaching anarchy 25 Expenditures of time and energy
26 U.N. Security Council permanent member: Abbr.
28 Blender setting
30 Rascal
31 Like most taxicabs
32 Some real estate business 34 Yet, to Hamlet 35 “Hamlet” division 36 Member of a Great Basin tribe 40 Sally ___
41 Biblical book preceding Zeph. 45 One end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, informally 48 Seek water, in a way 49 Ogden Nash specialty
50 Big name in lawn care 51 Sports team employee 52 Songstress Lena
53 These, to Goya
55 Historic Normandy event 58 Young salamanders 60 Hullabaloo
61 “I’m shocked!,” in a text
62 Old TV knob: Abbr.