CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Today’s puzzle theme honors the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America.

ACROSS

6 1 Some Asks excused, to munchies be with “off” 10 Latin initialism on a cross 13 WWII riveter 14 Relating to body structure 16 A step up from a carport, perhaps 18 Come to terms 19 Electronic dance music genre 21 Org. that’s not lax at LAX 22 Interval 26 Space 27 German brewing surname 30 Common Korean surname 31 Extremely dry 32 Limitationof-freedom metaphor 36 Doubled, perhaps 39 Corrida figures 40 Ding-a-ling or ding-dong 42 Zilch 43 Greater N.Y. school 44 Orchestra section 48 Chicago airport code 49 “Golden Boy” playwright 51 Hotel amenity 52 President of Princeton, then the U.S. 55 Stride affectedly 58 Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across 62 One happy to have no class? 63 Arabian, for one 64 DE Dec. setting 65 What might take a while? 66 Fencing blades

DOWN

1 Pizza leftovers party 2 “Really” 3 Eponymous goddess of a 1987 film flop 4 Painter Mondrian 5 Stop from leaking 8 6 7 Sweetie, slang Stop Joke in recent 10 9 Hawaii, Apple desktop e.g. 11 A condition of maximum activity 12 Hypothetical account 15 Kate Brown is its gov. 17 Business card no. 20 Bids first 23 Considered in full 24 Tiny soup base 25 Mailed, as invites 28 “The Audacity of Hope” author 29 “I’m amused” 31 Gather wool from 33 Set ablaze 34 Female ruminant 35 Nursery item 36 First big song 37 38 success Moody Positioned ambush, many Two-year-olds, say Westerns Blues for as for The in 45 41 Dessert Like leave sailors choice on 46 47 Spread Agree out 49 At moment the proper 50 Montreal-toBoston dir. 53 RBI or ERA 54 Venerable ref. 56 Queens tennis venue honoree 57 Where to get off 59 Paving stuff 60 “__ nothing new” 61 Nov. honoree