The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Game animals, for some

8 It may be long, twisted or hollow

13 Out of place, in obstetric parlance

14 Perilous

16 *Enjoying first-class amenities, say

19 Split apart

20 Other side

21 Nabisco brand since 1912

22 What might be written to a famous person

23 Device releasing particles

27 Goof

28 One who knows the ropes

29 Nag

31 Seasonal woe

33 *Wind speed metric

37 Galley part

38 Right-hand page

39 Legal ___

40 *One looking to become rich

42 Figures on CBS’s “Code Black”: Abbr.

43 Tough slog

44 Kitchen meas.

46 GPS data: Abbr.

47 Canopy support

51 Any vessel, traditionally

54 “The Wind in the Willows” creature

56 “___ Town”

57 Bill of Southwest legend

59 Have charge temporarily … or a hint to answering this puzzle’s three starred clues

63 Adjusts one’s sights

64 Blues-rock group that grew out of Jefferson Airplane

65 J. M. ___, “The Playboy of the Western World” playwright 66 Euripides tragedy

Down

1 Moving aspect

of urban life?

2 Like many volcanic fumes

3 Fend (off)

4 Small bay

5 Word with can or season

6 Up to, informally

7 Genre for Philip K. Dick

8 Sound in Washington

9 Singer DiFranco

10 Figure kept in the head, usually: Abbr.

11 Kind of shell

12 Mentioned previously

15 Things mined in Cleopatra’s Mines

17 “___ interested”

18 Strong point

24 Civil unrest approaching anarchy

25 Expenditures of time and energy

26 U.N. Security Council permanent member: Abbr.

28 Blender setting

30 Rascal

31 Like most taxicabs

32 Some real estate business

34 Yet, to Hamlet

35 “Hamlet” division

36 Member of a Great Basin tribe

40 Sally ___

41 Biblical book preceding Zeph.

45 One end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, informally

48 Seek water, in a way

49 Ogden Nash specialty

50 Big name in lawn care

51 Sports team employee

52 Songstress Lena

53 These, to Goya

55 Historic Normandy event

58 Young salamanders

60 Hullabaloo

61 “I’m shocked!,” in a text

62 Old TV knob: Abbr.