The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Explosions

7 Like the posture

of humans

12 Person in a

detached state? 13 Hit 2017 Jordan

Peele thriller

15 With 25-Down, alchemists’ quest in a book released on June 26, 1997

17 Office head

18 Money back

19 Evidence for determining paternity

20 Swear (to)

22 Victory

23 Deadly snakes 26 Units in stables 31 Lion in

“The Chronicles of Narnia”

35 Coup d’___

37 Enthusiastic

38 Alphabet chunk

after D-E-F

39 Column’s

counterpart

40 Specialist’s

vocabulary

41 Distinctive

atmosphere

42 Jay once

seen nightly

43 Fund, as a chair 44 Coming from

two speakers

46 Singer Fitzgerald 48 Bill who’s a

science expert 50 Small program 55 Lawyers’ org.

58 “The Descent of

Man” author

61 Widespread

62 Star of the film version of the book referenced in 15-Across/ 25-Down

65 Comparable to a

pin, in a phrase 66 Goes “Ah-choo!” 67 Persistently

torment

68 Crafty person

at a wheel?

DOWN

1 Given benediction, the old-fashioned way

2 Run out, as a

subscription

3 ___ Wednesday 4 Evades

5 Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s ___”

6 Hoity-toity

type

7 Self-centered

sort 8 Be in a sorry

state?

9 Biblical verb

ending

10 Like volleyball that’s played jointly by men and women

11 Not go

straight

12 “Cat on ___

Tin Roof”

14 Passengerscreening org. 15 Letters on a schedule meaning “We’ll let you know” 16 Went on

dates with

21 What the Titanic

did, famously 24 Father: Fr.

25 See 15-Across 27 Of similar

character

28 Advance,

as money

29 Toy block brand 30 Cold fall

31 Turkish

pooh-bahs

32 Open’s opposite 33 Abandoned European capital

34 Not quite

closed

36 Soldier who’s

gone missing 40 Jump

42 Allegiance

45 Cause to be

cherished 47 Surgical knife

49 Exemplify

humanity, say 51 Contest award 52 Subject of a

long sentence? 53 Letters before

gees

54 Golf peg

55 Palindromic

Nabokov title

56 Big party

57 “___ and the

King of Siam”

59 Big stinger

60 Nine-digit fig. on a Social Security card

63 Comparative

suffix

64 Tennis umpire’s

call