NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bird’s “arm” 5 Pasta often baked

with tomato sauce 9 Place to live 14 Birthright seller in

the Bible 15 Mimicked 16 U.C.L.A. athlete 17 ___ of one’s

existence 18 In some common women’s office attire 20 Embarrass 22 Lexicographer

Webster 23 Good name for a

garage mechanic? 24 What may lead to an emotional explosion 27 Command

opposite to “gee” 28 Blood component 29 News, Post,

Tribune, etc. 31 Basketball

officials, informally 35 NW Indiana city 36 Half-quart

container 40 Sit for a painting,

say 41 L. Frank Baum

princess 42 “Like I care!” 44 Gentlemen: Abbr. 50 Unlock, in poetry 51 Creamy French

cheese 55 Trac II successor 57 ___ Bora (former

Taliban stronghold) 58 Dutch-speaking isle in the Caribbean 59 Gridiron runback 62 Lab container 63 Pass, as a law 64 “Green-eyed

monster” 65 Villa d’___ 66 Seized vehicles 67 Card game played without twos through sixes 68 Protected, as

horses’ hooves

DOWN

1 Google Calendar,

e.g., informally 2 Novelist Allende 3 Refrain syllables 4 Whom hosts host 5 Electrocute 6 Classic toothpaste

brand 7 Carpentry piece inserted into a mortise 8 Dog collar add-on 9 ___ Dhabi 10 Verve 11 Highly

unconventional 12 Related to food

intake 13 Provides money for, as a scholarship 19 Generic collie

name 21 Beehive sound 25 Role 26 Pasta sauce brand 30 Score between a

birdie and a bogey 32 Comedian Philips 33 Hat with a tassel 34 “Uncle ___ wants

you” 36 Afternoon office

pick-me-up 37 Ending like -like 38 ___ tide 39 Identical 40 Candidate for the

Top 40 42 Daytime drama,

informally 43 Schlep 45 Actress Mendes 46 Starts of tennis

rallies 47 Step on, as a bug 48 Fluctuation of

musical tempo 49 Like an envelope that’s ready to be mailed 52 Memoranda 53 Front of an elephant or back of a car 54 Caterpillar stage,

for example 56 Classic record

label 60 N.F.L. linemen:

Abbr. 61 W.S.J. rival