The New York Times crossword puzzle
No. 0418
Across
1 Head on a plate? 8 Bloviating type 14 Egg-shaped 15 Worth mentioning 16 Global scare 18 Place to go off track? 19 Speak at a level pitch 20 In accordance with 22 King’s College of Our Lady of ___ Beside Windsor 23 Image formed by connecting this puzzle’s circled letters from A to N and then back to A 27 Lust, but not love 28 Sportscaster in the documentary “Telling It Like It Is” 29 Ref. work begun by the London Philological Society 31 One taking care of the bill 32 Pool parties? 35 Modern line at an airport 38 Towel provider, often 40 “You got it!” 41 French bakery offering 43 Strand during a ski trip, say 45 Major seller of health supplements 46 Peace in the Middle East 48 Keepers of the records? 51 Where a 17Down becomes a 23-Across 54 Same-sex union? 55 Branch of yoga 56 French bakery offering 58 Diamond pattern 61 Chief in the Creek War of 1813-14 63 Dormmate 64 People whose political views are “Communist lite” 65 Anago, at a Japanese restaurant 66 Has in mind
Down
1 Duplicates 2 “Forward!,” in Florence 3 Fashionable society 4 Raise one’s hand for, say 5 Port north of the Horn of Africa 6 Hand-held console introduced in 1989 7 Teacher of Samuel 8 John and Mark, for two 9 Following 10 Wolf (down) 11 It’s always cut short 12 Part of NATO: Abbr. 13 Thousand bucks 17 One that becomes a 51-Across 21 Home of the Rams before 2016: Abbr. 24 Paper clips have lots of them 25 Past the baseline, in tennis 26 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians” 28 Spanish word repeated in a welcoming phrase 30 Something to fall back from: Abbr. 31 Air traveler's convenience, informally 33 In good shape 34 A in German 101? 35 Boot brand from Australia 36 En ___ (with all of a court’s judges) 37 Engrave 39 Smoothie flavor 42 Its N.Y.S.E. ticker symbol is “X” 44 Entered carefully 47 Comment from a hot bath 48 Sight in a Chinese parade 49 Like Nelson Mandela for 27 years 50 Underline, say 52 Pay for play 53 Bulldog 54 Fail to show up as expected 57 Euro division 58 Married couple? 59 Sushi garnish 60 Indian state whose largest city is Vasco da Gama 62 Lead-in to center