NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Unspecified series ender 4 Unrefined barrelful 9 Spelunking spots 14 Toilette water 15 Dynamited, maybe

16 “___ we a pair?” 17 Raciest classification 19 One that “eats, shoots and leaves,” in a classic joke 20 Group overthrown by Zeus 21 Marvel hero with multiple M.I.T. degrees

23 “Star Wars” nickname 24 One of a ZZ Top duo? 25 Preschoolers 26 Hip-hop artist with the 2006 hit “Ms. New Booty” 31 Members ___ 32 AOL, for one, in brief

33 Vows

37 Charles Kingsley’s “___ to the North-East Wind” 38 Three-screen cinema … or a hint to 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across 41 Going viral, say 42 Puccini title

heroine 44 Lo-o-ong stretch

45 Austin ___ (Tennessee university) 46 Contest in which the Cowboys beat the Steelers 27-17

50 Shark attractant 53 Loop trains 54 Genre for 26-Across 55 Danish cheese 57 Brit’s gasoline 60 Capital of Nigeria 61 Article of clothing at the very end of the rack

64 Word before light or study

65 Seal the deal 66 24-Across, in London 67 Rubberneck 68 Tilt-a-Whirl and bumper cars 69 Start to succeed?

Down

1 Deli counter call 2 Curbside call 3 1980s-’90s sitcom family

4 Skulls

5 “Dang it!”

6 ___ Gal (eponymous gun designer)

7 Fox’s home

8 More out there,

as humor

9 Mafia head

10 ___ Sánchez Vicario of the International Tennis Hall of Fame

11 Mobile payment service owned by PayPal 12 Conclude by 13 Set of seven Asian countries, informally 18 Explained quickly to get an O.K. 22 Dinosaur in “Toy Story” 24 Mosquito killers 26 Kick out 27 Excel command 28 Common base word

29 Chi follower 30 Affectionate sign-off 34 Award that encourages technological development to benefit humanity 35 Elaborate deception 36 River of Hades 38 Sigma follower 39 Softball toss

40 Brian of ambient music 43 Student with coding homework, for short

45 Sylvia who wrote “The Bell Jar” 47 Something a zoo animal isn’t 48 Magic potion 49 Seizes by force 50 Togs for a cowboy 51 Good thing to break, maybe 52 Throat dangler 56 Assign stars to, say 57 Movement that’s French for “bent” 58 Unrefined cartfuls 59 Bygone Fords 62 Nero’s 91 63 Struck (out)