The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Game animals,

for some

8 It may be long, twisted or hollow

13 Out of place, in obstetric parlance

14 Perilous

16 *Enjoying first-class amenities, say 19 Split apart

20 Other side

21 Nabisco brand

since 1912

22 What might be written to a famous person 23 Device releasing

particles

27 Goof

28 One who knows

the ropes

29 Nag

31 Seasonal woe

33 *Wind speed

metric

37 Galley part

38 Right-hand page 39 Legal ___

40 *One looking to

become rich

42 Figures on CBS’s “Code Black”: Abbr.

43 Tough slog

44 Kitchen meas. 46 GPS data: Abbr. 47 Canopy support 51 Any vessel,

traditionally

54 “The Wind in the Willows” creature

56 “___ Town”

57 Bill of Southwest

legend

59 Have charge temporarily

… or a hint to answering this puzzle’s three starred clues 63 Adjusts one’s

sights

64 Blues-rock group that grew out of Jefferson Airplane

65 J. M. ___, “The Playboy of the Western World” playwright

66 Euripides

tragedy

DOWN

1 Moving aspect of

urban life?

2 Like many

volcanic fumes

3 Fend (off )

4 Small bay

5 Word with can or

season 6 Up to, informally 7 Genre for

Philip K. Dick

8 Sound in

Washington

9 Singer DiFranco 10 Figure kept in the head, usually: Abbr.

11 Kind of shell

12 Mentioned

previously

15 Things mined in Cleopatra’s Mines

17 “___ interested” 18 Strong point

24 Civil unrest approaching anarchy

25 Expenditures of

time and energy 26 U.N. Security Council permanent member: Abbr. 28 Blender setting 30 Rascal

31 Like most

taxicabs

32 Some real estate

business

34 Yet, to Hamlet 35 “Hamlet”

division

36 Member of a

Great Basin tribe 40 Sally ___

41 Biblical book

preceding Zeph. 45 One end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, informally 48 Seek water,

in a way

49 Ogden Nash

specialty

50 Big name

in lawn care

51 Sports team

employee

52 Songstress

Lena

53 These,

to Goya

55 Historic Normandy event

58 Young

salamanders

60 Hullabaloo

61 “I’m shocked!,”

in a text

62 Old TV knob:

Abbr.