THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Picking out of a lineup, informally

6 Magazine with a “Person of the Year”

10 Former “Meet the Press” host Marvin

14 Craze

15 Freshly

16 French lady friend

17 Reason for a cast

19 Spanish newborn

20 Period after dark, in poetry

21 Fifth- century pope known as “the Great”

22 Impressionist Claude

23 Ugandan tyrant Idi ___

25 Piece of sports equipment that’s spiked

28 Grand ___ National Park 30 Pie ___ mode 31 Insect with a stinger 32 Cozies keep them hot 36 Cutlass or 88, informally 37 Family gathering place 39 Leopard’s marking 41 Starts liking 42 Skillet, e. g. 43 It’s thinner as you go up 44 City- related 48 Device with a snooze button 53 Idiot 54 “I agree” 55 Emmy winner Perlman 57 Call of Duty: Black ___ ( video game) 58 Hermes’ mother

59 “Ready to go!” … or a description of 17-, 25-, 37- and 48Across? 62 Tesla co- founder Musk 63 Opera part 64 Tin or titanium 65 Scouting groups 66 Something rising in a gentrifying neighborhood 67 Choice plane seating

DOWN

1 “Man, what a day!” 2 Comment after “You think I’m chicken?” 3 Part of a prank, say 4 Suffix with peace or neat 5 Certain Scotsman 6 Off- limits 7 How foods are often fried 8 All Supreme Court justices until 1981

9 Ram’s mate 10 Meat on a skewer 11 Willing to go along 12 Defamed in print 13 Small VWs 18 Home to Vegas: Abbr. 22 R& B singer with the hit “It’s All About Me” 24 Cry in a game of tag 26 Foamy coffee order 27 “___ Dream” ( 63- Across from “Lohengrin”) 29 Former All- Star closer Robb 33 Shenanigan 34 Gem whose authenticity can be checked by rubbing it against the teeth 35 Mork’s birthplace, on TV 36 Prayer starter 37 Gift to a nonprofit 38 A/ C measure, for short 39 Sent millions of emails,

say 40 Brew with a rhyming name 43 ___, amas, amat 45 Raises 46 Take to a higher court 47 Snuggle 49 Speckled horses 50 Utah’s Sen. Hatch 51 Have an affair 52 Mauna ___ ( Hawaiian peak) 56 ___ mater 59 Card game that can go on and on 60 Before, to a bard 61 Gift given while saying “Aloha!”