The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 1024

Across

1 Reason for

sneezin’ 5 Processed meat popular in Hawaiian cuisine 9 Hoodlike garment for a monk (or Batman) 13 Crimson Tide school, to fans 14 Bettor’s big

bluff, maybe 16 Third-largest Hawaiian island

17 “Keep it polite!” 19 “Portlandia”

segment 20 Breakup line from a vampire? 22 “Spider-Man”

director Raimi 23 Wasabi ___ 24 Breakup line from a werewolf? 32 “___ takers?” 33 Pronounce “rr”

in Spanish, say 34 Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically 36 Once-faddish

robotic toy 38 “___ on a

Grecian Urn”

39 Miata maker 40 Many a makeshift swing

41 Tom’s frenemy in old cartoons

43 One might be put through the wringer 44 Breakup line from Frankenstein’s monster? 48 Piglet’s pal 49 Muscle car that “really drives ’em wild” in a 1960s hit 50 Breakup line from a mummy? 58 “Terrible” czar 59 Trinkets

61 Final emperor of the JulioClaudian dynasty 62 Testimony transcriber, for short

63 Word after Vor crew 64 Turning point? 65 “You lose” 66 “Odyssey” peak

Down

1 “Undercover Boss” network 2 Like a course for a horse? 3 “u r so funny!” 4 Specification on a park pass

5 State capital north of Sacramento, CA

6 “___ ahead” 7 Moreover 8 Light spray 9 TV character George who says “I’m disturbed! I’m depressed! I’m inadequate! I got it all!” 10 Like some barrel-aged ales

11 Lash

12 Ancient stringed instrument sometimes made from a turtle shell 15 Mythological forest maiden 18 Sly

21 Nay’s

opposite 24 William Howard in the White House 25 Northwest Territories native

26 Gift of the Wise

Men

27 Spanish

wine 28 Furniture

hardwood 29 Office record

keeper 30 Doohickey 31 Finish with 35 Draped garment for an operagoer (or Batman)

37 One whose taste buds may not crave Buds 39 Spiritual

sort

42 “That’s

correct!”

45 Plant, as seeds 46 Cities with

wharves 47 “Oh dear, that’s wrong!” 50 Connector 51 Tied

52 Root in Hawaiian cuisine 53 When Blanche meets Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” 54 “That’s a

relief!” 55 Singer Braxton

or Basil 56 Luau instruments, informally 57 Chest muscles, for short 60 Music genre that influenced the Clash