The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 1009

Across

1 Pilgrim’s journey

5 Big name in water filters 10 Verse-vs.-verse event 14 Vacation destination 15 Elizabeth I was the last one 16 North Sea feeder 17 *Storefront cover that’s totally busted? 19 Dem. or Rep., e.g. 20 Feature of many a mailbox 21 Facial hair for Uncle Sam and others 23 Stir up 26 *Army camp that stinks to high heaven? 27 *Old Seattle sports page headline? 30 Extremely small

31 Bio datum 32 Lead-in to cast 33 Nothing but 34 1980 sci-fi thriller … or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues 40 Schumer of comedy 41 Constellation whose brightest star is Regulus 42 Appetizer bowlful 44 Wing it 47 *High schooler’s intuition? 50 *Superimpressed? 52 “Could you repeat that?” 53 Internationally popular French comic book series since 1959

54 The Jonas Brothers or Dixie Chicks 56 Appearance 57 *What the census provides, in part? 62 Coffee specification 63 Reason for a food recall 64 Member of an elite team

65 Lacking 66 Rod in carpentry 67 One of math’s three M’s

Down

1 ___ Accidency, nickname for John Tyler 2 Light-colored wood

3 Star of 2019’s “Hustlers,” informally 4 Lakeside rental 5 Vitamin also known as riboflavin 6 Pipsqueak 7 Dictator Amin 8 Resident of the Polynesian capital Nuku’alofa 9 Neighbor of krypton on the periodic table

10 Travel restriction? 11 J.Crew competitor 12 Big sister? 13 River through Liverpool and Manchester 18 Eldest of the Baldwin brothers 22 “The Jungle Book” wolf 23 Org. that’s got your number? 24 Caesar wrap 25 What the British don’t spell “marvelous” or “canceled” with 26 Full of holes 28 Quick on one’s feet 29 Misfortune 33 Plenty

35 Final parts 36 Block, old-style 37 Go out with 38 “Hairspray” mom

39 Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-___ 43 Hotel room amenity 44 Friend of d’Artagnan 45 Vittorio ___, director of “Bicycle Thieves” 46 Triangular 48-Down 47 Milton Berle’s longtime sponsor 48 Part of a ship 49 Narcissist’s problem 51 Tense with excitement 54 Scrabble unit 55 Complain loudly 58 Intimidate 59 “The Matrix” hero 60 Beanie Babies, once 61 World Cup cry