NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jiggly dessert 6 Reclining hero pose,

for one

11 Film special f/x 14 Sci-fi vessel 17 She/___ pronouns 18 Like a government led by thieving politicians

19 Comic strip cry 20 Platte River people 21 Diesel found in

street racers? 22 Costco unit 23 Ingredient in a

hurricane

26 Cute, cutely

28 Held in suspense 29 Peak whose name means “the high one”

31 Some footwear

fasteners

34 Adult insect stage 35 Sci-fi vessel

38 Fig Newtons

manufacturer 40 Primeval

41 Science fiction

vessel

44 East Coast Amtrak service with the fastest trains in the Americas

45 Some cheerful folks 46 Heavy-handed

sorts

47 Instrument with a

pedal

49 Part of an IV or an

old TV

51 Denver winter hrs. 52 Site of a terrible

fall?

53 Org. in “The X-files” 55 On the ___

57 Helmed

58 Sci-fi energy rays that might suck up earthly bodies, as depicted three times in this puzzle 64 Chum

65 Performer who might step on some toes?

66 On the ___ 67 Knight’s mount 68 Gumbos, e.g.

DOWN

1 Airport alternative to Newark Liberty 2 Building wing 3 Strong cleaner 4 Sass

5 Not flummoxed by 6 Longest river entirely in Switzerland

7 Most urbane 8 When “Time Warp” is sung in the musical “The Rocky Horror Show” 9 German veto 10 Path of a comet 11 Crib notes

12 Gaggle components 13 Cross

15 2018 John Travolta flop

16 Trash hauler [Moooooooo!] 22 Chili pepper or bell pepper, scientifically 23 Update, as a site layout

24 Without shame 25 1976 hit by Heart [Heeeeelp!] 27 W.W. II war zone, in

brief

28 Place for a drink while traveling [Hooooonk!] 29 Loud, unpleasant noises

30 Fly off the handle 32 “Well, ___ escalated quickly!” 33 Stimpy’s chum of

toondom 35 Seconds or thirds 36 Quiet spot to moor

a boat

37 Grps. organizing

book sales, maybe 39 Half of D

42 One of seven in the

Constitution 43 Tallahassee sch. 46 Feature on either brother of Smith Bros. cough drops 47 Lends a hand 48 Unbeatable 50 Result of a leaky

pen, perhaps

53 Chi Psi, e.g.,

informally

54 It’s bound to be

eaten by livestock 56 Major corp. hirees 58 Atlanta-based

network

59 ___ Allen, host of “Chopped” on the Food Network 60 Tolkien’s Leaflock,

for one

61 One of a pair of

“bullets,” in poker 62 Pokémon with a

catlike appearance 63 One section of a

H.S. yearbook