The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Idiosyncratic

sorts

9 J. J. ___, director of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” 15 Irrational

suspicion 16 Unpleasant accompanier of a headlock 17 “M*A*S*H”

star

18 Cosmic order,

in Hinduism 19 Her first scene is with R2-D2 20 Google or

Yahoo offering 22 Payroll ID, for

short

23 FedEx

alternative 25 Aries animal 26 Betty White’s role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” 32 Knight’s steed 35 Choreographer

Alvin 36 Baseball’s Felipe, Matty or Jesus

37 Many a word

ending in -gon 40 NBC’s

“The More You Know” spots, e.g. 41 Place for a

sweater 43 Craftsmanship

from a barista 45 Moniker of an 18th-century British statesman 48 Answer to

“Who is?” 49 AOL alternative 50 Engine part 53 Sorting criterion at the women’s department 58 Massive 59 Vegetable with a pungent taste

60 Teaches 63 Word in 17 Monopoly property names 64 Short piano

piece 65 Indulges in too much Netflix, say

66 Certain spears … or a curious spelling feature of 1-, 20-, 26-, 45- and 53-Across?

Down

1 October

birthstones 2 Broad valleys 3 Deplete, as

savings

4 Fox News host

Perino 5 Spanish

article

6 Rank above

maj.

7 Speedy DC Comics sidekick 8 German coal

district

9 From the mountains of Peru 10 European region that lent its name to a nonconforming lifestyle 11 Wander

12 Taj Mahal city 13 “Rent” role 14 Certain Navy

specialist 21 Sea eagle 23 Rock’s White Stripes, e.g.

24 His and ___ 26 Railroad

switch 27 Writer Zora

___ Hurston 28 Dodge model named after a snake

29 “Let It Go” singer in “Frozen”

30 In the

neighborhood 31 Part of GPS:

Abbr.

32 Stinger with a

slender “waist” 33 Jai ___ 34 Lopsided

game 38 Highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival 39 Snow may push them back, for short 42 Under

discussion 44 Number of sides on a decagon 46 Corned beef

dishes

47 Big initials in the recording industry, once 50 Interrupt 51 Hollywood

power player 52 Tablelands 53 Visually

uninspiring 54 Sitarist Shankar 55 Genesis locale 56 Snitch 57 Piquancy 58 “Cherish those hearts that ___ thee”: Shak. 61 Lead-in to code, on a computer 62 Heel