The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Seize

6 Alternative to “swipe” for a credit card

9 Pizazz

14 Word with life or

screen

15 One of the

Manning brothers

16 Measurement on

an electric meter

17 Fly the coop

19 Spanish restaurant

fare

20 Prepared to fight

Goliath?

22 Scheming

23 Like the numerals

1,2and3

27 Dutch beer named

for a river

31 _ _ _-chic

33 “I’m ___ Boat” (Lonely Island song)

34 Practiced changing one’s costume by the clock?

36 The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the NCAA

37 Private university

of North Carolina

38 Leader who was the author of “On Protracted War”

39 First murder victim

40 Common wine

barrel material

41 Invested on

Broadway, say?

45 Article in Le Monde

46 Taking off

47 Earmarks 48 Matchbox, e.g.

50 NBC staple since

1975, in brief

51 Betrayed Paddington? … or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle

58 Arm bones

61 Something you shouldn’t take lying down?

62 Philly school

63 In which the pinky and thumb pointing out represents Y, in brief

64 Like a cemetery at

night, maybe

65 ___ Popovich, longtime coach for the Spurs

66 Turndowns

67 Latin dance

DOWN

1 It’s written as

“CCCP” in Cyrillic

2 Japanese rice wine

3 Pupil’s place

4 Chris formerly of

50-Across

5 Gave positive

reinforcement

6 Old presidential

nickname

7 Penne ___ vodka

8 Spot from which to

say “bon voyage”

9 Protruding feature

on a cliff

10 Tennis star Naomi

11 Hiker’s aid

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0131

12 Sports org. with an annual championship on the weekend before Memorial Day

13 “___ So Shy” (1980

Pointer Sisters hit)

18 Actress Reese of “Touched by an Angel”

21 Waikiki locale

24 Owie

25 Ad section in a

newspaper, maybe

26 Seals, in a way

27 Dined at a

restaurant

28 City in which to see “Il Cenacolo” (“The Last Supper”)

29 Motown legend

Robinson

30 Perfect score,

often

31 Prominent parts of

toucans

32 Plains tribe

35 Sonoma and Yukon

39 Leatherworker’s

tool

41 Extra-loud, as a

loudspeaker

42 Prefix with

nautical

43 Fine partner?

44 Audience for which a G-rated film is appropriate

49 Keeping in the

loop, in a way

50 Unloads, so to

speak

52 Bridge

53 Meh

54 La ___ Tar Pits

55 Rank associated with tea and sandwiches?

56 Honeybees’ genus

57 Large flightless

bird

58 Toupee, slangily

59 Borrower’s

concern, for short

60 Poor grade