CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Cleaning up a mess? 5 Overcomes, as adversity 15 River to the Laptev Sea 16 Beset by dire circumstances 17 Reach new heights 18 Sharper 19 Publication for pitchers? 21 Paid 22 “I have a lady in the balcony” old radio/TV quiz show 24 Binge-watcher’s aid 25 Showman named Phineas 29 Butterflies 33 __ room 34 Largest Italian lake 36 __ Valley, Calif. 37 Court judgment 38 Metaphorical social barrier 39 Salon substance 40 They might be about nothing 42 Gather in a mass 44 Self-named 1954 or 1964 jazz album 45 Expel 47 Disgruntled fans, slangily 49 Novelist O’Flaherty 51 X-Ray __: U.K. punk band 52 Socrates or Plato 56 Meditative discipline 60 Agenda 62 Kennebunk-based personal care products brand, familiarly 63 Old crate 64 Noodle bar order 65 Windows alternatives 66 Shady time, for some

DOWN

1 Wife of Igor of Kiev 2 Socially awkward type 3 Recognize 4 Handled carelessly 5 Putting in jeopardy 6 Like many beginners’ piano pieces 7 Burn slightly 8 Keith Hernandez, e.g. 9 Marathoner’s need 10 Succeed big-time 11 Pool habitués 12 Leave off 13 It has two jaws 14 Storefront sign abbr. 20 Miss an easy spare, say 23 Bobwhite, e.g. 25 Classroom with mice 26 Old-time screen vamp Bara 27 Track bar 28 Ernie Banks’ sobriquet 30 Intensity 31 Fix, as copy 32 Track apparel 35 Teaching methods 41 A quarter of a half? 42 Some recliners 43 Beer openers 44 Scrap 46 One of Pete Rose’s record 3,215 48 ’80s-90s co-star with Betty, Rue and Estelle 50 Far from shiny 52 First razor with a pivoting head 53 Chiang Mai native 54 Battleship goals 55 Myrna’s role in “The Thin Man” 57 Musical closing 58 Managed care gps. 59 Exists no more 61 Brooklynese pronoun