THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 In front 6 Where a person in charge is making the rounds? 9 Shouts, as an order 14 Lawn game 15 Suffix with project 16 ___-garde 17 Units of firewood 18 ___ Gatos, Calif. 19 “Hawaii ___” 20 Why the hunter couldn’t shoot the mallards? 23 “Wailing” instrument 24 The “she” in the lyric “She’s a good old worker and a good old pal” 25 Reason a cow swatted herself? 33 AT&T Park team 34 Who’s doing this crossword 35 Appropriate rhyme for “cram” 36 Leaves 37 Prankster 38 Rome’s ___ Fountain 39 Marathon marking 40 Words of tribute 41 His last words were “The rest is silence” 42 Circus animals enjoying some chocolate? 45 Fig. in annual reports 46 Lead-in to long 47 Whose conversation might be about shaggy hair and Himalayan peaks? 55 Novelist George 56 Spoiled 57 The end 59 Big Swiss chocolatier 60 Stadium cheer 61 Become one 62 Annual math celebration 63 Checked off 64 Forest moon of the Ewoks

DOWN

1 “Black-ish” network 2 Home turf 3 Wedding dress shade 4 “Highway to Hell” band 5 Combo office accessories 6 “___ Blues” (Neil Simon play) 7 Baseball family name 8 Traveler’s convenience 9 Confound 10 Tel ___ 11 Sitarist Shankar 12 Word with high or hole 13 Put away 21 Reason for a parental reprimand 22 Setting for 19Across 25 Many a singlegear bicycle 26 “The Greatest” daughter? 27 “Experience what’s inside” sloganeer 28 N.L.’er wearing blue and orange 29 Physicist Enrico 30 Skating leaps 31 Places for Neanderthals 32 Give off 33 Crown inlays 37 Boob tube 38 Not-so-intimidating sort of test 40 Wilson of “The Royal Tenenbaums” 41 Relative of a zither 43 Who was instructed to “Beam me up” on old TV 44 Obeyed 47 Crowdsourced review site 48 Et ___ (and others) 49 Tenderhearted 50 Common mixer 51 In good shape 52 Unsettling dream, maybe 53 Put-down that nowadays may be worn as a badge of honor 54 Frozen waffle brand 58 ___ Lingus