The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “___ Chair” (term of

address at a meeting) 6 13-Across, voicewise 10 Vaccine watchdog org. 13 “Rumour Has It” singer,

2011

14 Close one

15 Make public

16 Upbeat response to “How

are you?”

18 Some 401(k) investments,

in brief

19 Toledo cheer

20 Ceiling

21 Big celebration

22 Annoy

24 Central Brazil, for the

Amazon

27 Slept soundly?

29 Nissan sedan

30 Grand

31 Russian waterway famed for

its sturgeon fishery

34 ___ Aviv

35 Musical group that doesn’t

play original songs

38 Some Facebook exchanges,

in brief

41 Cousins of mandolins 42 Write a ticket (for)

45 Place for a dish that’s come

from the oven

47 “Rumor has it ...”

49 Costlier than projected 53 1960s film villain with

prosthetic metal hands 54 Water conduit

55 Ghostly

57 Warm greeting

58 Fair-hiring inits. 59 Grammatical connector

like “is” or “seem” … or a connector found literally in 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across 62 ___ Jose

63 Three-wheeler

64 Some honkers

65 “___ to a Superhero” (Weird Al Yankovic parody of “Piano Man”)

66 Trial version

67 Stared at rudely

DOWN

1 Stately homes

2 “Sweet” sweetheart in a barbershop quartet standard

3 Take shape

4 Brewpub order

5 Dark European thrush 6 When Juliet drinks a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead

7 Coffee in the milky way? 8 Uno + due

9 Atop, poetically

10 Accepts reality

11 Was in the slammer 12 Arms depot

14 18-wheeler

17 Frequent flier?

21 Big, as a bonus 23 Rocker Clapton

25 Sitar selection

26 Turn pale with shock

28 Big name in water

purification

31 Dog shelter employee 32 Metal source

33 Units of wt.

36 On-demand digital video

brand

37 Fizzled out

38 Wishful words

39 Trailer in a theater

40 It’s a start

43 North Carolina athlete 44 One doing lifesaving work at

a hosp.

46 Lead-in to position or

occupation

47 “Put ___ writing” 48 Creature comfort?

50 Casual fabric

51 “Wall Street” character

Gordon

52 The “E” in HOMES 56 Breakfast brand

59 Relative of Inc.

60 High dudgeon

61 Be a couch potato