The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Duck

6 Imaginary ordinal 9 Duck

14 Word of leave-taking 15 Swing ___ (1933-47) 16 Tablecloths and nap

kins

17 Duck

19 It could be a problem 20 Strategically evasive 21 Handout for a walking

tour

23 Cosy “spot”

24 Mike of “Shrek”

25 ___ Duck

27 Total disarray 30 Heavenly: Prefix

32 Attachment for a bit 33 Big snarl

37 Print “oopses” 40 Examine

41 Be in a mood and

brood

42 Wet wood woe 43 Largest lake in Ethio

pia

44 Average mark

45 Has in hand

46 Duck, e.g.

50 Lightning strike 51 Cotton gin inventor

Whitney

52 A chance of a lifetime,

say

55 Raphael’s weapon in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” 58 “The Duck Variations”

playwright

60 Duck

62 Mexican pal

63 Conger, for one 64 Swiss author of “Ele

ments of Algebra” 65 Duck

66 Pigpen

67 “Duck, duck &” follow

er

DOWN

1 High- rise units: Abbr. 2 ___ parmigiana

3 Like many a barrel

aged (wine

4 “Rocks” in a tumbler 5 Molds, e.g. 6 “Henceforth I ___ will

be Romeo”

7 Keep close to one’s

heart

8 No ___, no foul 9 Laceless shoes 10 What a flat “b” palm facing a nearby fellow stands for, in A.S.L. 11 Pic- sharing app, infor

mally

12 The second “R” in J. R.

R. Tolkien

13 Prepare to proof, in

baking

18 It’s mined, all mined! 22 “It’s ___!” ((“We’re

on!”) 24 Butterfly also called a common tiger or wanderer

26 Perpetual

27 Street ___ (rep) 28 What to call a man in

Mannheim

29 Like cheese (puffs and

rice cakes

31 Tampa Bay pro

34 List ender: (Abbr.

35 Transmit

36 Opening on Christmas

Eve?

38 In direct confrontation 39 Used as a (dining

surface

45 Coatroom (fixture 46 “Fine, stay (angry

then!”

47 Mission to remember

in (San Antonio 48 Skittish

49 Sís and das

50 Scene of pandemoni

um

53 Editor’s “Forget I

wrote that” 54 Sanctified 55 Musician’s chance to

shine, perhaps 56 Flabbergasts or gob

smacks

57 Memo subject header 59 Something a duck lays 61 Bugs and Daffy in “The

Iceman Ducketh,” e.g.