NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 “Goldilocks” bear with the hardest bed 5 Birds that waddle 10 Bridge 14 Wyatt at the O. K.

Corral 15 Dickens’s ___

Heep 16 Syrup brand used in making pecan pie 17 Is ready for one’s

star turn, say 20 So- so 21 Exuberance 22 Word accompanying a head slap 23 1992 Tarantino

crime thriller 27 Scene not used for the final version of a film 28 Latticework strip 29 Stat for A- Rod or

Hammerin’ Hank 30 Snow ___ (kids’winter construction) 32 Hangmen’s loops 36 Falsetto- voiced

Muppet 38 Cookout, briefly … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 58- Across 40 Fill a position 41 Permeate 44 Bird feeder

material 47 Rickey or gimlet

ingredient 48 Hearty brews 50 Embarrassed 52 Children of armed forces personnel, slangily 55 Welcome sight? 56 Org. that defends

individual rights 57 Bro’s sibling 58 Fast, sharp breaking curveballs 64 Hanker ( for) 65 Rimshot

instrument 66 Member of an

elite Navy team 67 Miso bean 68 Letter- shaped track in metalworking 69 Anything- goes

party Down 1 Parishioner’s

bench 2 Smallish battery 3 8: 00- 11: 00 p. m.

on TV 4 H. S. exam graded on a five- point scale 5 Drunk motorist’s

offense, briefly 6 Decorative vase 7 Oil company with

a triangular logo 8 ___ Gibran, author of “The Prophet” 9 Ed with the 2017 # 1 hit “Shape of You” 10 Hit the slopes 11 Consumer products giant that makes Tide, for short 12 Mythical

100- eyed giant 13 Snack ( on) 18 Bundle of

papers 19 Fixated on, as an

idea 23 Pound : U. K. :: ___

: Russia 24 “King Kong” and “Citizen Kane” studio 25 Noun go- with 26 Cry before “I know!,” in a classroom 27 They’re mined

and refined 31 Atlanta- based

cable inits. 33 Tourist 34 Iroquois foes 35 Email button 37 October

birthstone 39 Platform for

loading ships 42 Epic poem written in Homeric Greek 43 Bottom- line

expense 45 Recede, as the

tide 46 Ankle bones 49 Places for

mani- pedis 51 Laid down the

law 52 National auto

body repair chain 53 Like wool on bare

skin, typically 54 Neither urban

nor suburban 55 Degs. held by Bloomberg and G. W. Bush 59 Mauna ___

( volcano) 60 Sign for a soldout show 61 Do- over in tennis 62 What an old shirt

may be used as 63 Foxy