NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Needing

scratching 6 OPEC, e. g. 10 Lay off 14 J. E. B. Stuart’s superior in the CivilWar 15 Indian royal 16 “Honey wine” 17 Things that

power Teslas 20 Criticism,

informally 21 Laudatory

piece 22 In one piece 23 SEAL’s org. 24 Recess game 25 Rudy’s coach in

“Rudy” 26 N. L. East city 27 Went bonkers 31 Teutonic

turndown 32 Sharpshooter’s

asset 33 Snaky

character 34 Crisis time, for some… or a hint to each of the circled words 38 It’s an honour:

Abbr. 40 Camera named

for a goddess 41 Year the Korean

War began 44 Lakeside

furniture item 49 +: Abbr. 50 Cock- a-___

( dog breed) 51 Dorm V. I. P. s 52 Board hiree, for

short 53 1974 hit with

Spanish lyrics 55 Joe Biden, for

36 yrs. 56 [ OMG!] 57 Label rarely seen on silk garments 60 Prelude to a

deal 61 Simoleon 62 Typo, e. g. 63 Crash- probing

agcy. 64 Glimpse 65 Gushes

Down

1 Really angry 2 Gets in trouble,

in a way 3 Detox, say 4 “Darn it!” 5 Thus far 6 Game for

dummies? 7 Spike, as punch 8 Admit ___ 9 Wide- screen

movie format 10 Words heard in 24- Across, maybe 11 “’ Twasn’t me”

and others 12 Hamlet’s killer 13 1950s autos with “horse collar” grilles 18 Leather often treated to look like morocco 19 Make a snarling

sound 24 Literature Nobelist Morrison 25 Female pen pal,

maybe 28 Oven feature 29 A dance, or a

dip 30 Tree with

triangular nuts 35 Censure

publicly 36 Dim bulb 37 Sierra and

Acadia vehicles 38 Aromatic additive to natural gas 39 Splits in half 42 Like many Poe

tales 43 Stays under the

radar 44 So- called

missing link 45 ___- Free ( contact lens solution) 46 Peanut butter

choice 47 Jayhawks’

home: Abbr. 48 Dogie catchers 54 Wooley who sang “The Purple People Eater” 55 Exchange 56 John Irving title

hero 58 C. T. A.

transports 59 Fathers and

sons