The New York Times Crossword

No. 0618

ACROSS

1 Cosmic force 6 Start to come apart

10 Line in an expense report: Abbr. 14 Company whose business rarely goes off without a hitch 15 Prefix with -nautics 16 Biblical preposition 17 Possible cause of a 61-Across 19 Vega, for one 20 Offering at a pier restaurant

21 Bit of unfinished business

23 Dog tag owners, in brief

25 Brita competitor 26 Hogwash 31 Celebrity chef Gordon ___ 34 Remember this!

35 Bunch of romantics? 37 ___ the line 38 Ones on cases: Abbr.

39 [Ugh, we’ve been stuck here for an hour …] 40 Veal ___ (informal dish) 41 Terminate 42 Game of chance 43 Rocky Mountain city once home to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company 44 Producer of Hot Wheels 46 Polish, e.g. 48 Bonehead 49 Padre’s hermano 50 Group working with an anchor 55 Goes off the wall 60 Loads 61 Situation depicted at 39-Across

63 Bog

64 Grain location 65 One of the McMahons of WWE

66 Cries of faux terror 67 Bulldogs’ home 68 Basketball game

DOWN

1 “___ and the Two Strings” (2016 animated film)

2 Call for all hands on deck?

3 Cry sometimes made with a snap of the fingers

4 A little of this, a little of that 5 Brisk, musically 6 Cooler 7 Show evidence of shock 8 West Coast gas brand

9 “Oh ___!” (song from Lennon’s “Imagine” album)

10 The Getty, for one

11 Bad place for a 61-Across 12 Lee known for his cameos 13 Parachute part 18 ___ the Red 22 Places for baths 24 Minor role in many a Shakespeare play

26 ___ President

27 One setting an alarm, maybe 28 What a 61-Across might make you 29 Alarm clock settings, for short 30 California’s ___ Valley 31 Visual puzzle 32 Blood line 33 Arab Spring nation

36 Had a bad at-bat

39 Winter air 40 Small part of a pound 42 Remaining 43 Uncivilized 45 Preferences 47 Expound (on) 50 “You ___ it” 51 Writer Wiesel 52 Place to order handmade goods

53 “Brava!” elicitor 54 The world’s largest one is in Chengdu, China (covering 18 million square feet)

56 Delta follower 57 Cracked open 58 Neighbor of Nebr.

59 Mr. ___ (“Peter Pan” character) 62 One of “them”