THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Where to belt one down and belt one out

11 Latch (onto)

15 Not-so-firm affirmative

16 Yasmina ___, two-time Tony-winning playwright

17 Ones hitting snares

18 Fabric finish?

19 Political pundit Perino

20 “Qué ___?” (“How are you?”: Sp.)

21 Demanding occupations?

23 Means of forecasting

25 It may be spiked in winter

27 Hamper 28 Sushi order

30 ___ Minor 32 Owner of Flix, in brief

33 Airhead

37 Mo. with All Saints’ Day

38 Cleans up

39 Way down in Wayne Manor

42 Relative of -ish or -ory

43 Deliverer of the U.N. General Assembly speech “Atoms for Peace”

45 Musician with the 2016 album “The Ship”

46 View from the Ponte alla Carraia

47 On, in Orléans

48 Lugs

50 Terrain maker

52 Belt

56 Bandage

58 Monogram for Christ

60 Postcard printing process, for short

61 Essential element

62 Essential element

65 Treat since 1912

66 Popular ice pop

67 Danny Ocean’s wife

68 Group that rejected its 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

DOWN

1 Little buddy

2 Biblical name meaning “exalted father”

3 Get together after school?

4 Often-replaced reference works

5 Suffix with Québéc

6 Last name of a comic strip title teen

7 Alternative to Dasani or Deer Park

8 Obscure

9 Put it to

10 ___ Sea (Bay of Whales locale)

11 Hibachi feature

12 Song lyric following “But as long as you love me so”

13 Opening for an E.P.A. worker?

14 Opportunity, e.g.

22 Title princess of a comic opera

24 Wooley of “Rawhide”

26 Helldiver, e.g.

29 Like the Arctic Ocean vis-à-vis the Atlantic

31 Set of seven countries, informally

33 Great point

34 Something hammers hit

35 Gives a gloss

36 Gerontologist’s subject

40 Accordingly

41 Landscape alternative

44 Alternative to Nytol

46 11-Down buildup

49 Community spirit

51 Like talk, it’s said

53 Maker of the Pocket Fisherman and Electric Food Dehydrator

54 Midway, e.g.

55 Dixie cakes

57 Some PC keys

59 One of about 1,000 in Lux.

63 Severe soreness

64 ___ Midway