The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Head of a monastery 6 ___ Carlo (gambling

mecca)

11 Corn on the ___

14 Dry heat bath 15 Accessory for a witch 16 Serve up a whopper 17 Traditional end of

summer

20 Alternative to Beano

21 Corner pieces in chess 22 Things bullfighters

wave

25 “Othello” villain 27 Dare to exceed normal

limits

33 Swing clarinetist Shaw 34 Salvador who painted

melting watches 35 Most emails offering life insurance policies, say

36 Word after bumper or

cable

37 Stray from a topic 40 Brian who was once

with Roxy Music 41 Airport guesses, for

short

43 Alternative to suspenders

44 Frankly admit something

46 Fedex or DHL

49 Parts of i’s and j’s 50 Tilts

51 Hot dog topping 54 Extreme happiness 56 1967 hit by the Tremeloes suggested by the starts of 17-, 27and 46-Across 63 Setting for a couples

cruise?

64 ___ Gay (W.W. II

bomber)

65 Bird on the Mexican

flag

66 U.S. airer of “Downton

Abbey”

67 Believer in a nonintervening God

68 Many vaccinations

DOWN

1 Handy way of communicating, in brief? 2 Sound heard in a herd 3 “Listen, ___!” 4 Musical Yoko

5 Aimed at

6 Degrees for C.E.O.S 7 “___ and Crake” (Margaret Atwood novel) 8 This very instant 9 Little piggy

10 Come into view 11 Queen of the Nile,

informally

12 Sound from a piggy 13 Places for flowers and

oysters

18 Sprinkle, as of salt 19 Some menthol cigarettes

22 Organize, as an exhibition

23 Of the stars 24 ___ Beta Kappa 25 Coves and fjords 26 “We try harder” auto

rental company 27 Walked nervously

back and forth 28 Lawn-cutting tools 29 Before the due date,

say

30 What screen doors

usually don’t do 31 Freaks out

32 Be overdramatic 38 “Yeah, right!” 39 Recipients of a welcome sight, proverbially

42 Move crabwise 45 State with the words “Wild Wonderful” on its license plates: Abbr.

47 Said aloud

48 Like the first through

fifth grades: Abbr. 51 Crack and redden, as

lips

52 Basil or dill

53 Ruffles the feathers of 54 Some toothpastes and

hair goops

55 Aspiring atty.’s exam

57 “We’re number ___!” 58 Me, to Miss Piggy

59 Scrooge’s “Phooey!” 60 In the past

61 Diner sandwich, for

short

62 “Definitely”