NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 First in an infinite line 4 They’re usually not credited after errors, for short

8 One of the Obamas 13 *Honcho

16 It grows in the dark

17 *Louse

18 Common blood group

19 Loop sight

20 Zac of “Neighbors”

22 Sports item often carried in a pocket 23 Lepidopterist’s need

25 Tahoe or Taos, e.g.

28 “Rock Around the Clock,” originally 31 Designer Gernreich who invented the monokini

33 French scene

34 Fox in “The Fox and the Hound” 36 *Honcho

39 **One way to fall in love … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues

42 *Louse

43 Co. that launched Dungeons & Dragons 44 Hip-hop’s ___ tha Kyd

45 1961 Project Mercury chimp 47 See 57-Across

51 Eastern philosophy

54 Sch. backer 56 Kwik-E-Mart clerk

57 With 47-Across,

“Fiddler on the Roof” star 59 Makes morally bound 62 Proscribed

64 *Honcho

66 Split to join

67 *Louse

68 Things for sale

69 Kablooey

70 Place with a platform: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Starts

2 Atomic centers

3 Chewed the scenery 4 Philadelphia’s ___ Museum

(art institution)

5 Its home is on the range

6 Suffix with elephant

7 Lone

8 One of billions in a puffball 9 They’re tired

10 John le Carré writing

11 Au courant

12 Oktoberfest offering

14 Common Market market: Abbr. 15 Certain code carrier

21 Goose bumps cause

24 Strapless summer wear

26 French network

27 Hookup for a tenant: Abbr.

29 Entité politique française 30 Evidence in a murder mystery

32 N,E,W or S

35 Moolah

37 Area with the last election results, with “the” 38 “Somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown,” per Tom Hanks 39 “Howdy”

40 TV role for George Clooney or Noah Wyle 41 Dutch surname starter

42 It ends in Nov.

46 Like some traffic 48 Stonehenge worshipers, e.g. 49 Birthday party urging

50 Zambia’s capital

52 “Fingers crossed!”

53 “___ alive!”

55 Superior’s title

58 Range units: Abbr. 60 Vietnamese neighbor

61 Mich. neighbor

62 Unexplored

63 Greeting in Brazil

65 Shout at a circus