NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 River to the Caspian Sea 6 Speedy

11 ___ the line (obey)

14 Like some walls at Harvard 15 Tureen dipper

16 Humble dwelling

17 One might stare at the Sun

19 Suffix in many ore names

20 Paris’s ___ Palace 21 Submarine sandwich meat

22 Linux forerunner

23 It holds four pecks

26 NBC host Carson

29 1986-2001 Earth orbiter 30 Outback flock

31 Prefix with sex or cycle

32 Banco de México money

33 Retort to a doubter

36 & 38 Feature of an upscale kitchen … or of 17-, 23-, 47- and 58-Across? 39 Message that might start with “@” 40 Whitney and Shasta, for two: Abbr. 42 “To Kill a Mockingbird” author 43 Former piece of an ice shelf 45 Affirmative in “Fargo”

46 Huskies’ haul

47 Manager at a train depot

51 What an insole helps support 52 Darlin’

53 Julius who sang “Anywhere I Wander,” 1953

57 [Har har!]

58 Discussions that might lead to a treaty 60 Master pilot

61 Capital of Jordan

62 Wiped out big-time

63 ___ Royal Highness 64 Moist-eyed

65 Catch at a rodeo

DOWN

1 A shady person may give off a bad one 2 Track shape 3 Water ___ (pond plant) 4 Subsists 5 Parting word that’s 80% vowels 6 ___-mo 7 Medal of Honor recipient 8 Something to strive for 9 Served in blazing liquor 10

11 Set one’s sights low 12 Tummy protrusion

13 Writing in digital format 18 Famed German hypnotist

22 Bar habitué’s order, with “the” 24 ___ Royal Highness 25 Slightly off

26 Channel for fumes

27 All over again

28 Player who might tackle a wide receiver

32 Kind of dish at a lab 34 Old-fashioned dagger

35 Had too much, briefly 37 Places for crowns

38 Really suffering, so to speak 40 Neighbor of Bangladesh 41 Touch in baseball 44 “Leave!”

46 Rock bands?

47 “Open wide!” 48 Cease-fire

49 “Psycho” mother 50 Birth-related

54 Plaza de toros cries 55 Tackles a black diamond trail, say 56 Concerning 58 Liposculpture target

59 “With ___ luck …”