NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

1 One who settles

arguments 8 Late bloomers 14 “Stay strong!” 15 “Awesome!” 16 Like some information on food labels 17 Lady Bird Johnson’s real given name 18 Newspaper unit:

Abbr. 19 Plying with wine

and roses, say 20 Old TV screens,

for short 23 Like Nevada among all U. S. states 25 Non- P. C. suffix 26 ___ polloi 27 Laugh riot 28 Heading for the

fence? 30 “Ta- ta for now!” 33 ___ to one’s ears 37 Scarlet stigma 38 Fish that’s being

reeled in 41 Hit the top in

Tetris, e. g. 42 Maker of Star Wars and Indiana Jones video games 44 Longtime record label for Elton John and Mary J. Blige 47 “Love ___”

( Beatles song) 48 Sch. on the bank of the Charles River 49 Kingston dude Across 52 Veteran 54 Capital of the Land of the Midnight Sun 55 Optimistic bridge

calls 57 They’re parked in

parks 59 People who might greet you by saying “Talofa, afio mai!” (“Hello, welcome!”) 60 Word in many a

personal ad 64 Brian’s pal on

“Family Guy” 65 Former “Weekend Update” co- anchor 66 Hungers ( for) 67 Its atomic

number is 39 Down 1 Kind of order … or a hint to this puzzle’s unusual construction 2 Stephen of “V for

Vendetta” 3 OPEC units: Abbr. 4 Classic Camaros 5 Tropical tuber 6 “Nothing is easier than to denounce the ___; nothing is more difficult than to understand him”: Dostoyevsky 7 Boom box button 8 Visibly

embarrassed 9 Reach, as an

altitude 10 Push 11 Singer Gormé 12 Comes down 13 Retrieves, as balls 17 British runner

Sebastian 19 ___ Gaston, first African- American manager to win a World Series 20 “Just relax!” 21 Loggers’ contest 22 Isn’t on the level 24 Queen, for one 27 Bit of a giggle 29 “___ yellow

ribbon …” 31 Modern educational acronym 32 Something you

feel in your gut? 34 Things most

people follow 35 Word before “Yesterday” in a Tony Bennett hit and “Tomorrow” in a Sammy Kaye hit 36 Green sauce 39 “That’s simply

lovely!” 40 Brandy label

letters 43 Ones calling

people out? 45 Lead singer of

Nirvana 46 Flared dresses 49 Old- fashioned 50 Almost circular 51 Setting of Hercules’ first labor 53 License to drill,

for short? 54 Schindler with a

list 56 “Hey there, tiger!” 58 Let it all out 60 Barnyard adjunct 61 “___ Ruled the World” ( 1996 Nas hit) 62 Opposite of old,

in Oldenburg 63 It might precede

a shower