The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Seize 6 Alternative to “swipe” for a credit card 9 Pizazz

14 Word with life or screen

15 One of the Manning brothers

16 Measurement on an electric meter

17 Fly the coop

19 Spanish restaurant fare

20 Prepared to fight Goliath?

22 Scheming

23 Like the numerals 1,2and3

27 Dutch beer named for a river

31 _ _ _-chic

33 “I’m ___ Boat” (Lonely Island song)

34 Practiced changing one’s costume by the clock?

36 The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the NCAA

37 Private university of North Carolina

38 Leader who was the author of “On Protracted War”

39 First murder victim

40 Common wine barrel material

41 Invested on Broadway, say?

45 Article in Le Monde

46 Taking off

47 Earmarks

48 Matchbox, e.g.

50 NBC staple since 1975, in brief

51 Betrayed Paddington? … or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle

58 Arm bones

61 Something you shouldn’t take lying down?

62 Philly school

63 In which the pinky and thumb pointing out represents Y, in brief

64 Like a cemetery at night, maybe

65 ___ Popovich, longtime coach for the Spurs

66 Turndowns

67 Latin dance

DOWN

1 It’s written as “CCCP” in Cyrillic

2 Japanese rice wine

3 Pupil’s place

4 Chris formerly of 50-Across

5 Gave positive reinforcement

6 Old presidential nickname

7 Penne ___ vodka

8 Spot from which to say “bon voyage”

9 Protruding feature on a cliff

10 Tennis star Naomi

11 Hiker’s aid

12 Sports org. with an annual championship on the weekend before Memorial Day

13 “___ So Shy” (1980 Pointer Sisters hit)

18 Actress Reese of “Touched by an Angel”

21 Waikiki locale

24 Owie

25 Ad section in a newspaper, maybe

26 Seals, in a way

27 Dined at a restaurant

28 City in which to see “Il Cenacolo” (“The Last Supper”)

29 Motown legend Robinson

30 Perfect score, often 31 Prominent parts of toucans

32 Plains tribe

35 Sonoma and Yukon

39 Leatherworker’s tool

41 Extra-loud, as a loudspeaker

42 Prefix with nautical

43 Fine partner?

44 Audience for which a G-rated film is appropriate

49 Keeping in the loop, in a way

50 Unloads, so to speak

52 Bridge

53 Meh

54 La ___ Tar Pits

55 Rank associated with tea and sandwiches?

56 Honeybees’ genus

57 Large flightless bird

58 Toupee, slangily

59 Borrower’s concern, for short

60 Poor grade