The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Sam who directed “Spider-Man” 6 Greek “Z” 10 ___ of Fame 14 Revved engine sound 15 Privy to 16 Annual theater award 17 Campaign trail 18 When repeated, a Stooge’s laugh 19 What can be a real drag? 20 Longtime F.B.I. chief 23 German author who wrote “Faust” 25 Demeanors 26 Van for moving day, maybe 30 Zodiac divisions 31 Herman who ran for the 2012 Republican nomination 32 Back talk 35 They’re exchanged at the altar 36 Drug used to treat Parkinson’s 38 See 2-Down 39 Crossed (out) 40 Street likely to have the most stoplights 41 Watch that “takes a licking and keeps on ticking” 42 Male characteristic 45 Perplexed 48 Skybox locales 49 Holiday suggested by the starts of 20-, 26-, 36and 42-Across, literally 53 Threesome 54 Guthrie who sang at Woodstock 55 N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas 59 Caesar’s accusation to Brutus 60 Russia’s Nicholas I or II 61 1/16 of a pound 62 The first “R” of R&R 63 Keystone ___ of early film 64 Clucked in disapproval
DOWN
1 Traveling homes, for short 2 With 38-Across, 1920s-’30s design style 3 Payment-to-come-later note 4 Much-ridiculed pants for women 5 Instigation 6 “Oh, snap!” elicitor 7 Writer/singer of an Elvish song for “The Lord of the Rings” 8 With 23-Down, leader of a sightseers’ group 9 Symbol of life in ancient Egypt 10 Necessity for deep-frying 11 On top of 12 Make an analogy with, with “to” 13 Satyrs’ looks 21 FedEx competitor 22 Arabian Peninsula sultanate 23 See 8-Down 24 “This is terrible!” 27 Low-priced, in brand names 28 Short snooze 29 ___ Maria (coffee liqueur) 30 Highest roll of a die 32 Helpful theorem, in math 33 Slushy drinks with a polar bear mascot 34 Curse 36 “Well, ___-di-dah!” 37 Boardroom V.I.P.: Abbr. 38 Greek god of wine 40 Exam for future docs 41 “The Waste Land” poet 42 Ump’s cry at home 43 College students’ declarations 44 Sch. in Tulsa, Okla. 45 Pursuing 46 Rich dessert
47 ♠♥♦, , and ♣ 50 Cabbie 51 Rice-shaped pasta 52 Kerfuffle 56 Newspaper coverage, informally 57 Expert 58 “If only ___ listened …”