NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Small building blocks 6 Wisecracking bear of film 9 Things finished with handshakes 14 Specifically 15 Certain craft beer, for short 16 Something that is bid 17 Animal known scientifically as Alces alces 18 Breathful 19 Church Lady’s foe 20 Reduced-fat option 23 Relaxation station 24 Imitates 25 Entree baked in a tin

29 Apt rhyme for “casino”

30 Sch. in Ypsilanti 33 Mobile device that debuted in 2016

36 Poop

37 Forensic letters 38 Father

39 Highly soughtafter restaurant rating 44 State-of-the-art 45 Zeus’s weapon 46 Things often found near cloverleafs 47 Cause of ruin 48 Post-___ (some hosp. patients)

49 It may require letters, a number and a special character — as seen in 20-, 33- and 39-Across 56 Certain school athletics 57 Links org.

58 Bit of paperless reading

60 Unit in a baby announcement 61 “Yikes!” 62 Place for a beverage cart 63 Dwindle, with “out”

64 Part of the D.O.J. 65 Quick to snap

Down

1 ___ card 2 Friendly honk 3 “I’m in pain! I’m in pain!” 4 Traditional Japanese seasoning 5 Intercedes 6 Princess’

headwear 7 Greater than

great 8 Adventure seeker 9 Affix with adhesive 10 Actress Amy with six Oscar nominations 11 Commercial lead-in to card 12 Blue-green shade

13 Like many ships in the Bermuda Triangle 21 Something waved in the Olympics 22 Option that’s almost always listed last 25 Mountain climber’s aid 26 Venture a thought 27 Cast

28 Many a hymn, essentially 29 “Undo” button 30 Select few 31 Unframed artwork 32 Clientele 34 Lugged 35 “Hey! Over here!”

40 Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley employee, informally 41 Capitol Hill org. 42 Little pranksters 43 “Easy peasy!” 47 Bowling game 48 Tennis pro Naomi 49 Subway station 50 “I’d have to agree” 51 Tweetstorm, e.g. 52 Pulitzer-winning James 53 Award co-administered by the American Theater Wing since 2014 54 One of the friends on “Friends” 55 Bonehead 59 Aid for a decoder