THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Levi’s material 5 Coconut tree 9 Lacks, in brief 14 The sun and the moon 15 ___ facto 16 Women’s golf star Lorena 17 Holder of some precious memories 19 Transports between airport terminals 20 Position for a baseball batter 21 What sending someone to Mars would be 22 Wunderkind 26 Recede, as the tide 29 1960s-’ 70s Ford named for an Italian city 30 Fashion magazine spinoff 33 “Here’s to you!,” e. g. 38 Turn at high speed 39 “As American as apple pie,” for example 40 Jokes and such 41 Popular Cartoon Network programming block 44 The “M” of NASA’s LEM 46 Smartphone download 47 Temporary mental lapse 53 Squirrel’s stash 54 ___ Herman ( Paul Reubens character) 58 Insinuated 59 Place where no one lives anymore 62 Bring joy to 63 Actress Hatcher 64 Crucifix 65 Philadelphia N. B. A. player, informally 66 Plow pullers 67 Inquires

DOWN

1 Steve who once headed Apple 2 The “E” of Q. E. D. 3 Swedish pop quartet that won the 1974 Eurovision contest 4 Justin Timberlake’s original group 5 Assign two projects, a long reading and several writing assignments, say 6 Police alert, for short 7 Baton Rouge sch. 8 Dad’s partner 9 Run fast 10 Having a burning smell 11 Puppeteer Lewis 12 Request to a waiter 13 Yummy 18 German’s “Oh!” 21 Prince Valiant’s son 23 Item in a grate 24 ___ Hill ( R& B group) 25 Chart type 26 Write on metal, say 27 Lover boy 28 Road shoulder 31 Prefix with liberal 32 Bernie Sanders, for one 34 Meditation sounds 35 Onetime electronics giant 36 Lose one’s footing 37 Worker hired for the day 39 Has a lazy Sunday morning, say 41 Naval chief: Abbr. 42 Batman and Robin are a “dynamic” one 43 Einstein’s birthplace 45 Where surgeons do surgery, for short 47 Wise ones 48 Bacterium that can help or hurt 49 Levy- free 50 Furious 51 Alternative to . com 52 Prefix with - hedron 55 Tries to win, as a damsel 56 Furry “Star Wars” creature 57 Kills 59 Sporty Pontiac 60 Bewitch 61 It’s mined