The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Jiggly dessert

6 Reclining hero pose, for one

11 Film special f/x

14 Sci-fi vessel

17 She/___ pronouns

18 Like a government led by

thieving politicians

19 Comic strip cry

20 Platte River people

21 Diesel found in street

racers?

22 Costco unit

23 Ingredient in a hurricane

26 Cute, cutely

28 Held in suspense

29 Peak whose name means

“the high one”

31 Some footwear fasteners

34 Adult insect stage

35 Sci-fi vessel

38 Fig Newtons

manufacturer

40 Primeval

41 Science fiction vessel

44 East Coast Amtrak service with the fastest trains in the Americas

45 Some cheerful folks

46 Heavy-handed sorts

47 Instrument with a pedal

49 Part of an IV or an old TV

51 Denver winter hrs.

52 Site of a terrible fall?

53 Org. in “The X-files”

55 On the ___

57 Helmed

58 Sci-fi energy rays that might suck up earthly bodies, as depicted three times in this puzzle

64 Chum

65 Performer who might

step on some toes?

66 On the ___

67 Knight’s mount

68 Gumbos, e.g.

DOWN

1 Airport alternative to Newark Liberty

2 Building wing

3 Strong cleaner

4 Sass

5 Not flummoxed by

6 Longest river entirely in Switzerland

7 Most urbane

8 When “Time Warp” is sung in the musical “The Rocky Horror Show”

9 German veto

10 Path of a comet

11 Crib notes

12 Gaggle components

13 Cross

15 2018 John Travolta flop

16 Trash hauler

[Moooooooo!]

22 Chili pepper or bell

pepper, scientifically

23 Update, as a site layout

24 Without shame

25 1976 hit by Heart

[Heeeeelp!]

27 W.W. II war zone, in brief

28 Place for a drink while

traveling [Hooooonk!] 29 Loud, unpleasant noises

30 Fly off the handle

32 “Well, ___ escalated

quickly!”

33 Stimpy’s chum of

toondom

35 Seconds or thirds

36 Quiet spot to moor a

boat

37 Grps. organizing book

sales, maybe

39 Half of D

42 One of seven in the

Constitution

43 Tallahassee sch.

46 Feature on either brother of Smith Bros. cough drops

47 Lends a hand

48 Unbeatable

50 Result of a leaky pen,

perhaps

53 Chi Psi, e.g., informally

54 It’s bound to be eaten by

livestock

56 Major corp. hirees

58 Atlanta-based network

59 ___ Allen, host of “Chopped” on the Food Network

60 Tolkien’s Leaflock, for

one

61 One of a pair of “bullets,”

in poker

62 Pokémon with a catlike

appearance

63 One section of a H.S.

yearbook