NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sorcery 6 Serving of butter, as might go on top of several answers in this puzzle 9 Welds 14 “Let’s see what you’ve got,” in poker 15 Linguistic ending 16 Menace in the 1957 film “The Enemy Below” 17 Car company headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. 18 Cancel 19 1992 Joe Pesci title role 20 Kitchen shortening? 21 Kind of makeup 24 Instrument with a notable solo in Springsteen’s “Born to Run” 25 Keeps it together 27 Hearing-related 28 Christianity, for one 30 Swim with the fishes, maybe 32 Internet messaging pioneer 34 One of 18 French kings 37 Mama lobster 38 Flatten 41 Vane dir. 42 ___ noche (tonight: Sp.) 44 Spot for a flowerpot 45 “Love It or List It” channel 46 Hospital patron 48 Opposite of paix 50 Siri’s digital cousin 51 Carrier to Oslo 54 Assess, as a dress 55 On the ___ (fleeing) 56 Breakfast food item 59 Au ___ (how a French dip is served) 60 Like a superfan 62 “Later!” 63 Broccoli ___ (leafy vegetable) 64 10 bucks, in slang 65 Totally committed 66 Sch. whose colors are “true blue” and gold 67 Info for a graduate 68 Item that might go under several answers in this puzzle 69 Gets by on, with “out”
DOWN
1 Ball catcher 2 Terrific, in slang 3 [Horrors!] 4 “Licensed to ___” (1986 Beastie Boys album) 5 Nonsense 6 Place that’s “beneath the blue suburban skies,” in a Beatles song 7 Big name in athletic shoes 8 Banner with a single star 9 Minor 10 Tie that binds, in Japan? 11 Charged particles 12 “Peter Pan” dog 13 River in which Achilles was dipped 22 Designation for the Buffalo Bisons and the Durham Bulls 23 Snake in “The Jungle Book” 25 Footlong, for one 26 W.W. II arena 27 Syrup brand 29 Syrup brand 30 1971 Tom Jones hit 31 “Them’s the breaks,” genteelly 33 Hoarder’s possible condition, briefly 35 Imperiled 36 All the oceans, colloquially 39 & 40 Something tapped at a pub 43 “La Cage ___ Folles” 45 Nameless woman 47 Fist-bump 49 Great Basin people 51 Fishhook line 52 Train from Boston to Washington 53 “Don’t hold back!” 57 “Stat” 58 Title film character based on William Randolph Hearst 61 ___ Spiegel 63 Regret