NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 1/16 of a cup: Abbr. 5 Something to drool over?

8 Mr. of detective fiction 12 Ghostly, say

13 Suffix with acetyl 14 “Scrubs” nurse married to Dr. Turk 16 “Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship’s hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___”

19 Muscleman with a mohawk

20 Clip

21 Wintry chill 22 “At yer next clue already? Then off to the races! Now turn toward the dawn and go ___”

27 Portfolio options, for short

28 Venmo transfer, e.g. 29 Member of a raiding party

33 Like universal recipients 36 “Dies ___” (hymn) 37 Marauder’s tool 39 Vagabond 40 Like an American in Paris

43 Companywide infosharing system 46 Dennis of “The Alamo” 48 Pond swimmer

49 “Aye, the treasure be heavy, so flex yer biceps! With this third clue, turn right and go ___”

55 Folk rocker Difranco 56 Singer Black 571930s Depression fighting org. 58 “‘X’ marks the spot! Grab a spade! Dance a jig! Here’s the very last clue. Proceed ___” 63 ___ York (biggest city in los Estados Unidos) 64 Farm female

65 Grab, as booty

66 H.S. exam

67 Sound from a punctured tire

68 Schlep

DOWN

1 Colorful aquarium swimmer

2 Babysitters’ banes 3 Francis Drake, for one 4 Pirate’s parrot, e.g. 5 Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered

6 It’s gathered during recon

7 “Act your age!”

8 Roast V.I.P.S

9 ___ Island (storied site of buried treasure) 10 Officer’s baton 11 Skateboarding maneuver 12 Salinger heroine

15 Swiss range

17 City on the Nile

18 Build

23 Preschool punishment 24 Refrain syllable

25 Settle up

26 It covers a lot of ground 29 Surveillance org.

30 Magic 8 Ball, e.g. 31 French noblemen or noblewomen 32 Commercial lead-in to Clean

34 Honest ___

35 Spam generator 38 Diplomatic arrangements

41 “That’s the spot!” 42 Things hurled at the Olympics

44 Like John Tyler, among all U.S. presidents

45 Univ. dorm supervisors 47 Looks closely (into)

49 Cut into planks, say 50 Best

51 Metric that determines Youtube success

52 Stop seeing each other 53 Pirate’s booty, say

54 Wise

59 Fed. electricity provider since 1933

60 “___ chance!”

61 D.C. winter hrs.

62 Prefix with Latin or Luddite