NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 50 1 Home made of mud and thatch 51 4 Mob informant 7 Knight’s title 52

10 “I do,” at a wedding 53 13 George Bernard Shaw wanted his 55 to read “I knew if I stayed around 59 long enough, something like this would 61 happen” 15 Professional’s opposite 17 Motorcycle attachment 64 18 French ballroom dance 65

19 Chef Lagasse 21 Tropical tree with hot pink flowers 22 Sis’s sibling 24 Spreadsheet amount shown in parentheses 69 26 “The ___ shall inherit the earth” 27 Gushing review 29 Inky mess 1 30 Dermatological sacs

31 Result of iron deficiency

33 The “k” of kHz 35 “I’ve got this round!” … or a literal hint to this puzzle’s theme 40 Moonwalker

Armstrong 41 Press agents,

informally 43 Dresses in India 47 Roster

49 Nerd Colored part of the eye Thomas Edison’s middle name Hush-hush government org. Hand tool for boring holes One with only younger siblings Sticker that might start “Hello …” Danny DeVito’s role in 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Minor gain in football

Fair way to judge something 66 “Cool!”

67 Back talk

68 U.S.’s largest union, with 3.2 million members Short albums, for short Down “___ Just Not That Into You” 2 Longtime inits. in

newswires 3 Sustain

temporarily

4 5K or 10K

5 On ___ with

(even with) 6 Surge of

exhilaration 7 Droop

8 Muslim leaders 9 Sitarist Shankar 10 Nixes from Nixon,

e.g.

11 Beginning 12 Unleashes, as havoc 14 President pro ___ 16 Designer Hilfiger 20 “Pay attention out there!” 22 Undergarment usually fastened in the back 23 Kentucky senator Paul

25 Mix, as paint 28 Classic record label

29 Pie recipe directive

30 Pie recipe directive 32 B&Bs 34 Pointing in this direction: 36 Window ledge 37 Chronic complainer 38 Country’s Reba 39 Barely makes, with “out” 42 Some Jamaican music 43 Mister, in Milan 44 Singer Grande 45 Horn-___ glasses 46 The ___ Brothers of R&B

48 Fish sometimes served smoked 51 Big name in arcade gaming 54 And others, in a bibliography 56 Copenhagener, e.g. 57 Bombeck who wrote “Housework, if you do it right, will kill you” 58 Sault ___ Marie, Mich.

60 Meas. of a country’s economic output 62 Puppy’s bite 63 “___ over” (“We’re done”)