The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Apt rhyme for “paws”

6 Cries loudly

10 Mountain

14 Maximum allowed

15 One really shouldn’t be used to clean your ears, doctors say

16 Relaxed feeling

17 The first Mrs. Donald Trump 18 Strong desire

19 Gazelle, to a cheetah

20 Red hat of the Ottoman

Empire

21 One of the two main

branches of Islam

23 Dogs with curly tails 25 Higher on the Rotten

Tomatoes rating scale

27 Ire

28 Clothing line?

29 Not yet found, as a criminal 32 Popular same-sex dating

app

35 Be hurting

36 Birth control option, for short 37 Sounds of wonderment 38 Singing voice above baritone 40 Italian wine region 41 Sweetie

42 Like some retro carpeting 43 Most strange

45 More intelligent

47 Wowed

48 The “R” of H.R.H.

49 What one should do twice before cutting once

53 Major toymaker

55 Sound of a contented cat 56 The “p” of m.p.h.

57 “Fancy seeing you here!” 58 Very: Fr.

60 U.S. facility in Cuba, informally

62 Country bordering Yemen 63 Bring on staff 64 Egg-shaped

65 ___ pot (device for clearing

sinuses)

66 Thanksgiving side dish 67 Al ___ (firm, as pasta)

DOWN

1 Steep drop-off

2 Meat that may be “chopped” 3 Wow

4 Take the pot, in poker 5 Tucked (away)

6 Wiggle from discomfort

7 ___ vez (again, in Spanish) 8 Humongous

9 Ancient tool for hunters or

warriors

10 Edible squash seed 11 Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle’s sequence of shaded squares

12 On the ocean

13 C minor and F sharp major,

for two

22 Like a diet low in sodium

and favoring whole grains 24 Salad green some chefs

massage to soften

26 Tax IDs: Abbr.

27 Texas city between Dallas

and Austin

30 Courage, metaphorically 31 Computer menu with Undo

and Redo

32 Bunches

33 Wander

34 “Gotcha”

35 “Life of Pi” director Lee 39 ___ Grey tea

40 Does sums

42 Eyelid irritation

44 “For heaven’s sake!” 46 Twisty-shaped pasta 47 Entertains

50 Supermodel Kate

51 Send, as a payment 52 Wear away

53 What the Apollo 8 crew was orbiting when astronaut Bill Anders took his iconic 11-Down photograph

54 “Alas!”

55 Salon job

59 Narrow inlet

61 “So ___ heard”