The New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Converted into fuel, as coal 6 Former gridiron org. for the Memphis Maniax and Orlando Rage 9 Maximally 15 Superheroes’ specialties 17 “For richer, for ___ …” (vow words) 18 *Four-time heavyweight champ nicknamed “The Real Deal” 19 Download without

paying, say 20 Role in “The

Matrix”

21 Prefix with

skeleton

22 Like “aurum” for gold and “ferrum” for iron 23 *Gift that comes

with a hitch? 29 Lose it

31 Holes in shoes 32 Paid to play: Var. 34 Narrow estuary 35 Thanos, to the

Avengers 38 *Place that honors those who’ve served 43 Twisty curve 44 Laugh like a

Stooge

45 Japan’s oldest

religion

46 ___ Pilate 50 Corporate raider Carl 51 *Producer of a lot of suits?

55 Cary of “The

Princess Bride” 56 “I, ___” (Langston

Hughes poem) 57 Humanities

subj.

60 “Cut that out!” 62 Big name in American book publishing for 120+ years … and a hint to the answers to the starred clues 65 Mistakes 66 Epithet for Jesus in some church names

67 Like many returning spring breakers 68 Relatives of

“ums” 69 Take a soak

DOWN

1 Sammy with four Oscars 2 Instrument heard in “I Got You, Babe”

3 Units on an electric bill 4 Ron of Tarzan on 1960s TV 5 “What’s the ___?” 6 Mandarin “thank you” 7 Tax evasion, e.g. 8 Inspiration for the Beatles’ “Day Tripper”

9 Venmo, e.g. 10 Where you’re actually going when you “see a man about a horse”

11 Quagmire 12 Speechify

13 Take effect 14 Reznor of rock’s

Nine Inch Nails 16 Knotted (up) 24 Relative of a foil 25 Road sign

animal

26 Start of an idea 27 Ballet move 28 Paper units 29 Collapsed, with

“in” 30 About half of all

binary code 33 Taylor who sang “Tell It to My Heart”

35 Last task before sending to print

36 “Solemn” words 37 Musk who cofounded PayPal 39 Trail mix ingredients 40 Goes on a run 41 Home to the Cedar Point amusement park 42 “___ Suave” (1991 hit)

46 It’s found beneath the crust 47 Like some job

training

48 Series of bookings across America 49 Combs

51 Under siege 52 Super

53 ___ to secrecy 54 Goblins, in

folklore

58 Lye, in chemistry

class

59 Move in a spiral 61 Skosh

62 Female caribou 63 Most popular U.S. dog breed, familiarly 64 Actress

Mendes