The New York Times Crossword

Answers below ACROSS

1 Players in a play

5 In a while

9 One of thousands in a

Rose Bowl float 14 Prussia’s ___ von

Bismarck 15 Fat-removing surgery,

for short

16 Extreme pain 17 Caboose’s location 18 Ode or sonnet 19 Shrink in fear

20 “Jeez, lighten up, will

ya!”

23 Ram’s mate

24 How extraterrestrials

come, we hope 25 Think (over)

27 U.S. intelligence org. 28 Bombarded, as with

questions

32 Ham it up

35 Score in hockey 36 Black-tie charity

event, maybe 37 Sprinted

38 As expected 39 Long-running CBS

drama

40 The “I” of I.M.F.: Abbr. 42 Abode in Aachen 43 Earns

45 Pieces of evidence in

court

47 Grammy winner ___

Nas X

48 Replacement for the

lira and mark

49 Faux fireplace items 53 U.S.S.R. intelligence

org. 55 Like medical expenses

you pay for yourself 58 Long (for)

60 What a wheel connects to 61 Author/journalist

Quindlen

62 Cove

63 Order to someone holding a deck of cards

64 Game suggested by the ends of 20-, 38-and 55-Across and 11-and 34-Down

65 On/off device

66 Fare for aardvarks 67 Letters on love letters

DOWN

1 Welsh ___ (dog)

2 Had dinner at home 3 It may say “Forever” 4 Suffering

5 Andean animal valued

for its wool

6 Mythical woman after whom element 41 is named

7 Abbr. below “0” on a

phone

8 Iditarod terminus

9 Get stuff ready to go 10 Bigheadedness

11 Bar from the bathroom?

12 Once more

13 Muse’s instrument 21 “At ___, soldier!” 22 Enough

26 Turkey drumstick, e.g. 28 Hocus-___

29 Évian and Perrier 30 Alternatively 31 Speaker’s platform 32 Great Lake with the

smallest volume 33 Tail-less cat

34 Alert

35 Insect you may swat

away

38 State school SE of

Columbus, in brief 41 Lucy of TV’s “Elementary”

43 Kind of soup often

served at a sushi bar 44 Sign of online shouting

46 Literary Emily or Charlotte

47 Places for tiny U.S.

flags

49 Key for Debussy’s “La fille aux cheveux de lin”

50 “All righty then &” 51 Italian city known for

its salami

52 What holds up (an ear

of corn

53 Ukraine’s capital, to

Ukrainians

54 Actress Rowlands 56 “Look what I did!” 57 Animals in a yoke 59 Gun, as an engine