New york times crossword

CELEBRITY

CROSSWORD This puzzle is a collaboration by the actor Josh Radnor, the star of the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” as well as the writer/ director of two films (to date), working together with Jeff Chen, a writer in Seattle. This is Jeff’s 80th crossword for The Times.

ACROSS

1 Not seen by the theater audience 9 Company that acquired Zipcar in 2013 13 Emulates the teacher in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” 14 Speak partly through the nose 16 Women rush to get into it 17 Hit it! 18 Some wonderful times in Nebraska? 20 ___ walk 23 Brief encounters, as with the law 24 Good name for politico Martin’s jazz band? 29 Extraction target, often 30 Small version of a popular cookie 31 Untouchable leader 32 Portentous fashion magazine? 36 Poetic Ireland 39 Letters 43 Actor Cariou 44 Makes an unabridged humor book? 47 Multi-armed mollusk 49 Lead-in to mensch 50 Calculated … or a punny hint to 18-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across 55 Pushkin’s “___ Onegin” 56 Vitamin brand with a hyphen between its last two letters 60 “Dirty Harry” director Don 61 Kept on the down-low? 62 Like much folk music: Abbr. 63 Important stat for QBs

DOWN 1 Has too much, for short 2 To’s opposite 3 A word between the two A’s in N.A.A.C.P. 4 Reggae persona for a noted rapper 5 Politician’s time 6 Area traversed by Marco Polo 7 Sort of person heavily into eyeliner 8 One-named New Age singer 9 Personal enmity 10 Transports for Tarzan 11 Sir Walter Scott novel 12 “English” and “Irish” canines 14 Wear 15 Lads’ loves 19 Aid in climbing the corp. ladder 20 Juice brand with a distinctive bottle 21 Virgin ___ (record label) 22 Kurosawa’s adaptation of “King Lear” 25 Herbert of the “Pink Panther” movies 26 Before, in poetry 27 Itch 28 Extremely fancy? 31 Court officials whose jobs have now been replaced by technology 33 Special ___ 34 Spirit once made in bathtubs 35 Tour grp. 36 Runs off (with) 37 New enlistee

38 It has no point 40 High ball 41 Squeeze (out)

42 Être : French :: ___ : Spanish 44 Had a first night in a theater 45 Wear on a runway 46 Mean Amin 48 Symbol for the resistance? 51 Try

52 In the thick of 53 Day worker 54 Singer Franklin who was Aretha’s elder sister 57 Lifesaving locales, for short 58 Word on many a wedding announcement 59 Bank offerings, for short