THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Opposite of exciting 5 Jerk 8 100 points, to a jeweler 13 Who sings “A Little Brains, A Little Talent” in “Damn Yankees” 14 Fuel economy org. 15 Unhung paintings 16 Not required 18 ___ night ( bar attraction) 19 It’s on the house 21 Mr. Potato Head piece 22 Objects of religious veneration in ancient Egypt 23 Outer space’s lack 25 “That’s all ___ wrote” 28 Thomas Gray’s “___ on the Spring” 29 Emerson or Dickinson 33 Brand once billed as “the soap of beautiful women” 35 Flabbergast 36 Some sound equipment 37 Overplay 39 Fodder’s place, but not a mudder’s 40 Call inadvertently, in a way 42 Part of many a general’s statue 43 Clandestine network 44 Blanc who voiced Daffy Duck 46 Itsy- bitsy 47 Tooth that turns 48 Some New Zealanders 51 Fire residue 53 It carries no charge 58 Like feet after a long trek 60 Drop the ball onstage 61 Evincing discomfort 62 Pub offering 63 Pub offering 64 Book bag part 65 Actor Beatty 66 Pub offering

DOWN

1 Serious punch 2 Easy gait 3 Opposite of baja 4 Half of Hispaniola 5 Work in which Dido died 6 Thinly distributed 7 Balm 8 Panacea 9 Cardinals, in stats 10 It’s complimentary 11 Et ___ ( and others) 12 Despised figure in “Fiddler on the Roof” 15 Abbr. in cartography 17 “What fun!” 20 Natty neckwear 24 “You beat me” 25 Signs of healing 26 Overplay 27 It’s free 30 Have bills 31 Hair goop 32 Weaken, as confidence 34 “___ Boy” ( 1960s cartoon series) 35 Neighbor of Peru: Abbr. 37 ___ bisschen ( not much: Ger.) 38 Soft rock? 41 Try one’s utmost 42 Some vents 44 Cellphone, to a Brit 45 Deleted 49 Worker at Omnicom Group 50 Wild guesses 51 Range of the von Trapp singers 52 Usher’s destination 54 Goal 55 Eggshell shade 56 Regretted 57 Trees with red berrylike fruit 59 Modern aid in anthropology