N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Word after martial or culinary 5 “Very,” en español 8 Soak up

14 Person who cherishes high principles 16 Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014

17 Made the bed? 18 It may be issued for a defective product 19 Exchange new vows 20 1-1, e.g. 21 Hasten 22 “Oh, now I get it!”

24 Old, ineffective sort

26 1930s boxing champ Max 27 The “C” of I.C.U. 29 “What is Pyramus? a lover, ___ tyrant?”:

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 30 Mails 31 Prioritize in the trauma center 34 Mandates 36 Does a driving test task — or an apt description of the five circled diagonals in this puzzle 40 Guitarist May of Queen

41 Like zombies

43 Not quite a C 46 Abbreviation in ancient dates

48 “Your majesty” 49 Part of many a woodwind 50 Howling at the moon, say 53 Back-andforth tool 54 “Atlas Shrugged” author

Rand 55 Novelist McEwan 56 Jumped 58 Single things 60 Like baby shampoo 63 Coral rings 64 Dog guarding the gates of the underworld 65 Karate instructor 66 Young ___ (tots)

67 Plying the waves

DOWN

1 Insurance giant on the N.Y.S.E. 2 Nutrient fig.

3 Glass showcases for small animals 4 Singer of “Smooth Operator” 5 Sal of “Rebel Without a Cause” 6 Once did

7 “So far,” on a quarterly pay stub: Abbr.

8 Biting 9 Village of the Prancing Pony inn in “The Lord of the Rings” 10 [not my mistake] 11 Resident of Nebraska’s largest city 12 Depended (on) 13 Machines on hay farms 15 Lascivious 20 Fall behind 22 Something a false person puts on 23 Relative of a zither

25 Fervor 26 Shadows that have grown long? 28 Part of a listening pair 30 Lee of

Marvel Comics 32 Needlefish 33 Two-time Super

Bowl M.V.P. Manning 35 PC core 37 Father of Rachel and Leah in Genesis 38 Backsides 39 “Storms are brewin’” in her eyes, in a 1986 #1 hit 42 Beads on the morning grass

43 Many hour-long TV shows 44 Cactus known for its psychoactive effects

45 One of the Beatles

47 ___ Fisher, women’s clothing brand

50 Low voices 51 Approaches 52 Dress

55 Kind of hands said to be the devil’s playthings 57 ___ bargain 59 Lou Gehrig’s disease, for short 60 Horned Frogs’ sch. 61 Take to court 62 Government agcy. for retirees