CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rook or gull

5 Ancient Roman thermae

10 Grandiosity 14 Good sign?

15 Helpful pointer

16 Spin out on the ice?

17 “Deal!”

18 Biblical wife of Elimelech

19 Bread at a Greek restaurant

20 See 8-Down 23 Raskolnikov’s lover in “Crime and Punishment”

24 Not straight

25 1980s-’90s Oldsmobile

26 Test done in pre-op

28 Hunky-dory

29 See

27-Down

36 Oomph

37 Subject studied at Hogwarts

38 Eerie gift in “The Dead Zone,” for short

40 Long time

41 Hair bun

42 Seventh of 24

43 Return fare?

45 Metaphor for a fresh start

47 Angel dust, briefly

48 Football stat

52 Something passed at a meeting, maybe 53 Meeting bigwig

55 Mauna ___

56 Soft cap

58 See

50-Down

61 How you might be referred to

62 Bagel topper

63 Level of judo proficiency

64 “Suh-weet!”

65 Doesn’t retire

66 PC file suffix

DOWN

1 Prison weapons

2 It might be just a line or two

3 Set straight

4 Affluent

5 Eric who played Hector in “Troy” 6

Ali Baba and others

7 Online provocateur

8 Comfortably inviting … or, phonetically, a clue for 20Across?

9 Big gulp

10 Goulash flavorer

11 Nitrous ___

12 What doggerel usually lacks 13 First option 21 Grows fond of

22 Devotee

27 Somber … or, phonetically, a clue for 29-Across?

28 Splash guards, of a sort

29 Voice amplifier

30 Unsolved mysteries

31 Duchamp contemporary

32 “That tastes awful!” 33 Kylo ___ of “Star Wars”

34 Pickup line?

35 Dead reckoning?

36 Something to shoot for

39 Emolument

44 Card game requiring quick reflexes

46 Invitation particular

49 Leading man? 50 Commodious … or, phonetically, a clue for 58-Across?

51 Screws up the courage

53 Be too sweet

54 Sewer of note

56 “Excuse you!” elicitor

57 Newcastle upon ___, England 59 Polling fig.

60 19th of 24