The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale 5 Actress Sonia 10 Range for yodelers 14 “Ailment” for the heart 15 Appeared in syndication, say 16 Yowl

17 Fad item of the 1990s 19 Creatures that can be both pets and pests

20 Fig. with two hyphens 21 Hallucinatory experience 22 Jaguar spot, for example 23 Worker with books, for short 25 Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light 28 Big name in shampoo 30 Country band, for short?

31 It requires a tap to get started 34 Santa ___, Calif. 35 Big hot dog? 37 Land on Lake Victoria

39 Gave for a while 40 Certain Kentucky racer 44 Small-arms runner of years past? 45 Poetic preposition 46 Land bridge between Africa and Asia 47 Welling up 48 Recovers from a bender, with “up” 49 Key that works to exit but not enter 50 Habitually 53 Touchdown figs. 55 Smidge 58 There’s a bridge near the top of it 59 Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle 62 Something stored in an upright position on a plane 63 Person with talent 64 50-50 65 Gumbo ingredient 66 Many indoor tennis facilities have them 67 Super

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1 Much of sparring 2 Best four-of-akind 3 “Seems likely …” 4 Knowledge

5 _ _ _ Rabbit 6 New beginning 7 Plains people 8 Be a chatterbox 9 Whichever 10 “Gosh dang it!” 11 Den 12 Typesetting unit 13 Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii 18 Editorial slant?: Abbr.

22 Vessel that may be portaged 24 Next-best option 26 Certain evergreen 27 Singer Michael known as the “King of Christmas” 28 Fuddy-duddy 29 ___ Rabbit 31 Tempting, as an offer

32 ___ Rabbit 33 Kind of vote 35 Term of address in colonial India 36 Pot seeds? 38 Hoover rival 41 The Chiffons’ “___ Fine Day”

42 It’s a beauty in its setting

43 _ _ _ Chapel 47 What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver 48 “Buh-bye!”

50 Not sucked in by 51 Go off in two directions 52 Leader overthrown by a revolution 54 Takes steps

56 Big name in PCs 57 Fashion inits. 59 Hopping _ _ _ 60 What “syne” means in “Auld Lang Syne” 61 Increase the speed of