THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Needing scratching

6 OPEC, e.g.

10 Lay off

14 J. E. B. Stuart’s superior in the Civil War 15 Indian royal

16 “Honey wine”

17 Things that power Teslas

20 Criticism, informally

21 Laudatory piece

22 In one piece

23 SEAL’s org.

24 Recess game

25 Rudy’s coach in “Rudy”

26 N.L. East city

27 Went bonkers

31 Teutonic turndown

32 Sharpshooter’s asset

33 Snaky character

34 Crisis time, for some … or a hint to each of the circled words

38 It’s an honour: Abbr.

40 Camera named for a goddess 41 Year the Korean War began

44 Lakeside furniture item

49 +: Abbr.

50 Cock-a-___ (dog breed)

51 Dorm V.I.P.s

52 Board hiree, for short

53 1974 hit with Spanish lyrics

55 Joe Biden, for 36 yrs.

56 [OMG!]

57 Label rarely seen on silk garments

60 Prelude to a deal

61 Simoleon

62 Typo, e.g.

63 Crash-probing agcy.

64 Glimpse

65 Gushes

DOWN

1 Really angry

2 Gets in trouble, in a way 3 Detox, say

4 “Darn it!” 5 Thus far

6 Game for dummies?

7 Spike, as punch

8 Admit ___

9 Wide-screen movie format

10 Words heard in 24Across, maybe

11 “’Twasn’t me” and others

12 Hamlet’s killer

13 1950s autos with “horse collar” grilles

18 Leather often treated to look like morocco

19 Make a snarling sound

24 Literature Nobelist Morrison

25 Female pen pal, maybe

28 Oven feature

29 A dance, or a dip

30 Tree with triangular nuts

35 Censure publicly

36 Dim bulb

37 Sierra and Acadia vehicles 38 Aromatic additive to natural gas

39 Splits in half

42 Like many Poe tales

43 Stays under the radar

44 So-called missing link

45 ___-Free (contact lens solution)

46 Peanut butter choice 47 Jayhawks’ home: Abbr.

48 Dogie catchers

54 Wooley who sang “The Purple People Eater”

55 Exchange

56 John Irving title hero

58 C.T.A. transports

59 Fathers and sons