The New York Times
No. 0625
ACROSS
1 1950s-’60s sitcom nickname 5 Chaps
9 They take dedication to write
13 Scary story? 15 Specialty 16 Wolf’s gait
17 A chair might hold one
18 Droop
19 Huff
20 Totally does the trick
23 Really stand out 26 What makes the Impossible Burger possible
27 “___ That Good News,” 1964 Sam Cooke album 28 Train maker 30 Shred
32 Golfer Poulter with three P.G.A. Tour wins
35 2001 comedy starring Reese Witherspoon 37 Dum-dum
38 Like hedgehogs 39 Twice-chewed food 40 “___ makes the going great” (old ad slogan)
41 R&B singer Gray 42 Reporting internal wrongdoing 44 Chemical suffix 45 Like ___ knife through butter 46 Less distinct 47 Best-selling game series for the Xbox
49 Small island 50 When doubled, a 2010s dance 51 Act riskily … or what three answers in this puzzle do 56 Shopper’s stop 57 Corn product 58 Out of this world 62 Very
63 Bluesy James 64 Trunk 65 Makes a case against 66 Animal in “Do-Re-Mi” 67 Informal title of respect
DOWN
1 Traveler’s item 2 Efficiency symbol, in physics
3 Durable transport, for short 4 Perspective 5 Nervously awkward 6 Author Leon 7 Long-distance call 8 Fill
9 Actress Elizabeth of the “Avengers” films 10 Goodwill receptacle 11 Completely amazing, in slang 12 Egyptian god of chaos
14 Near
21 Sushi order 22 Korean export 23 Blood bank need
24 Crankcase component 25 Mountie’s ride 29 Big Apple inits. 30 Arctic native
31 9 to 5, e.g. 33 State wildflower of Georgia 34 “Enough!” 36 Evening hour in Spain
37 She performed “We Shall Overcome” at the 1963 March on Washington 40 Crawl space? 42 Hooted and hollered 43 Language with five tones
45 Key near the space bar 48 Products of some plants 49 Obvious 51 Biotech crops, e.g., for short 52 Home of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport 53 Observe
54 Up the ___ 55 Coalition 59 Saving option, in brief
60 Gift that much thought is put into? 61 Foreign denial