The New York Times Crossword

No. 0629

ACROSS

1 Part of a constellation 5 Facing the pitcher 10 Top Olympic medal 14 Parasitic insects that suck 15 Digestive aid brand 16 Song for a diva 17 Prefix with knock or lock 18 Position sought every six years 20 Close guy friend 22 In his Webby Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech (which is limited to five words), he said “Please don’t recount this vote” 23 What unagi is, at a sushi bar 24 2014 film in which David Oyelowo played Martin Luther King Jr. 26 Home theater feature, maybe 31 “To thine ___ self be true” 32 Chinese-born architect who won a 43-Across 33 Well-behaved 35 Odometer button 37 Vietnamese New Year 38 Row of bushes 39 What to leave a phone message after 40 Got out of bed 42 Home heating option 43 Annual award for architects 47 Coat of paint 48 Chaney of silent films 49 Far ___ (a long distance away) 52 Safest course of action 56 Pop-up store opportunity for bargain hunters 59 Vogue competitor 60 Savings plans for old age, in brief 61 : 62 Cape Canaveral org. 63 Erotic 64 Newspaper pieces collected in the book “The Last Word” 65 “How do you like ___ apples?”

DOWN

1 Close with a bang 2 Funny Fey 3 Intermission preceder 4 Director Rob 5 Son of David in the Old Testament 6 One starting college, typically 7 Prohibit 8 Santa ___ winds 9 Wrecks beyond repair 10 Dashboard dial that goes from “E” to “F” 11 Cookie since 1912 12 Polygraph flunker 13 See socially 19 Red Muppet on “Sesame Street” 21 Kind of badge for a scout 24 One expressing contempt 25 Newspaper worker 26 Clean with a broom 27 Al ___, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner 28 Slow on the ___ 29 Product for one pulling an allnighter 30 Motherless calf 31 Heavenly sphere 34 Dover’s state: Abbr. 36 Cause of seizures 38 Long lunches? 41 Lymphocyte-producing organs 44 Like most centers in basketball 45 Louisiana music typically featuring an accordion 46 Purpose 49 Thrift shop caveat 50 Taxi charge 51 Big-screen film format 52 Rorschach image 53 Lackluster 54 “If all ___ fails …” 55 Sports squad 57 Have a bawl 58 Ring master?

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