NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Jiggly dessert 6 Reclining hero

pose, for one 11 Film special f/x 14 Sci-fi vessel 17 She/___

pronouns

18 Like a government led by thieving politicians 19 Comic strip cry 20 Platte River

people

21 Diesel found in

street racers? 22 Costco unit 23 Ingredient in a

hurricane

26 Cute, cutely 28 Held in suspense 29 Peak whose name means “the high one”

31 Some footwear

fasteners

34 Adult insect stage 35 Sci-fi vessel

38 Fig Newtons

manufacturer 40 Primeval 41 Science fiction

vessel

44 East Coast Amtrak service with the fastest trains in the Americas 45 Some cheerful

folks 46 Heavy-handed

sorts 47 Instrument with a

pedal

49 Part of an IV or an

old TV

51 Denver winter

hrs.

52 Site of a terrible fall?

53 Org. in “The

X-Files”

55 On the ___ 57 Helmed

58 Sci-fi energy rays that might suck up earthly bodies, as depicted three times in this puzzle

64 Chum 65 Performer who might step on some toes?

66 On the ___ 67 Knight’s mount 68 Gumbos, e.g.

Down

1 Airport alternative to Newark Liberty 2 Building wing 3 Strong cleaner 4 Sass

5 Not flummoxed

by

6 Longest river entirely in Switzerland 7 Most urbane 8 When “Time Warp” is sung in the musical “The Rocky Horror Show”

9 German veto 10 Path of a comet 11 Crib notes 12 Gaggle

components 13 Cross

15 2018 John

Travolta flop 16 Trash hauler

[Moooooooo!]

22 Chili pepper or bell pepper, scientifically 23 Update, as a site layout 24 Without shame 25 1976 hit by Heart [Heeeeelp!] 27 W.W. II war zone,

in brief

28 Place for a drink while traveling [Hooooonk!] 29 Loud, unpleasant noises

30 Fly off the handle 32 “Well, ___ escalated quickly!” 33 Stimpy’s chum of toondom 35 Seconds or thirds 36 Quiet spot to moor a boat 37 Grps. organizing book sales, maybe

39 Half of D

42 One of seven in the Constitution 43 Tallahassee sch. 46 Feature on either brother of Smith Bros. cough drops 47 Lends a hand 48 Unbeatable 50 Result of a leaky

pen, perhaps 53 Chi Psi, e.g.,

informally

54 It’s bound to be

eaten by livestock 56 Major corp. hirees 58 Atlanta-based

network

59 ___ Allen, host of “Chopped” on the Food Network 60 Tolkien’s Leaflock,

for one

61 One of a pair of

“bullets,” in poker 62 Pokémon with a catlike appearance 63 One section of a

H.S. yearbook