The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 ___ above

(better than) 5 Run one’s

mouth

11 Bit of acne,

informally 14 Unhurried run 15 Protective

tooth layer 16 Blunder 17 Archfoe 19 Bikini top 20 Previous to,

in poetry

21 Say “Please, please, please,” say 22 Rep on

the street 23 Profanity 27 Official sometimes said to be blind 29 “___-hoo!”

(“Hello!”) 30 Nostradamus,

for one

31 “The Witches”

director Nicolas 33 NBC weekend

show since ’75 35 Completely

wrong 39 Golden parachutes, e.g. 42 Peace Nobelist Sakharov 43 Title like “The Santa Clause” or “Knight and Day” 44 Faucet

problem 45 Prefix with

dexterity 47 Galahad or

Lancelot 49 Pas’ partners 50 Popular movie

theater candy 55 Kite flier’s

need

56 Plant,

as seeds 57 Like the stage

after larval 60 QB Manning 61 Influential sorts … or a hint to the starts of

17 , 23-, 39- and 50-Across 64 Teacher’s ___ 65 Sudden runs 66 “___ Enchanted” (2004 rom-com) 67 Attempt 68 Classic

cameras 69 Where to

drop a coin

Down

1 Jessica of

“Dark Angel” 2 Hairdo

3 Fully informed,

informally 4 Four: Prefix 5 The “p”

of m.p.h.

6 In single file 7 Group of

experts 8 ΩΩΩ 9 Opposite

of masc. 10 Travel like

Superman 11 Alphabetically last animal in a zoo, usually 12 Clearance

rack abbr. 13 Swap 18 Slippery 22 Like pigs’ tails and permed hair 24 Samsung

competitor 25 Fastidious

sort

26 Neuter,

as a stud 27 ___ Major 28 Like a well-kept lawn 32 Depardieu

of film

34 Pool unit 36 Period of higher-thanaverage temperatures 37 Charles Lamb’s “Essays of ___” 38 Kitchen

amts.

40 Office sub 41 Important time at a fraternity or sorority 46 “How tragic” 48 Kelly of

morning TV 50 Won the World Series in four games, say 51 Edmonton

hockey player 52 Togetherness 53 Terra ___ 54 “Put up

your ___!” 58 Guthrie who performed at Woodstock 59 Future atty.’s

hurdle 61 “Naughty!” 62 Abbr. in a military address 63 Things eds.

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