NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Monday Night

Football” airer

5 Letters on a rush

order

9 “The west wind whispered, / And touched the eyelids of spring: / Her eyes, Primroses,” for a classic example 14 Entice

15 Scantily dressed nightclub entertainer 17 Is highly versed about something

19 Chow chows and chihuahuas

20 The “E” of E.S.L.: Abbr. 21 Org. for which Edward Snowden once worked 22 Trevor of “The Daily Show”

24 Kirsten of “Spider-man” 26 Major athletic event along the Thames

31 Puts frosting on 32 Besmirch, as a reputation

33 Alternative to Google Sheets

35 Devotee

36 Bases loaded … or a hint to the contents of 17-, 26-, 44- and 56-Across

39 Attempt

40 Jong who wrote “Fear of Flying”

42 Neither’s partner 43 Revolutionary Revere 44 Bob Dylan album that

he called “the closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind”

48 The “P” of R.S.V.P. 49 Furniture giant with a blue-and-yellow logo 50 401(k) alternative 53 Financial services corp. with an orange lion logo 54 Partner of ready and willing

56 Romantic getaway for a married couple 62 Thanksgiving-related race

63 Just

64 Newspaper opinion pieces

65 Cravings

66 Connection point

DOWN

1 Antlered animal

2 What planets orbit

3 In favor of

4 Ones taking paternity leave for the first time 5 Wide-eyed with excitement

6 Daughters’ counterparts

7 Add years

8 Wannabe

9 Positions one’s toes off the surfboard

10 Singer Difranco

11 A blue compass, for the browser Safari

12 Dolls seen near Barbies 13 ___ Major (constellation)

16 Disco singer

Summer

18 Manhattan neighborhood next to Tribeca 22 Like a diet that prohibits bread and pasta 23 Low-scoring soccer win

24 Lack the courage to 25 Counterpart of “pls,” in a text

26 “To ___!” (“L’chaim!”) 27 To the ___ degree

28 Mo. before April 29 Component of gasoline 30 Poet Pablo who won a Nobel in Literature 34 Lovett of country music

36 Marks left by swimsuits

37 Long, long time 38 Spherical shape 41 Robber chaser, in a children’s game

43 ___ Go (2016 fad) 45 Hunky-dory

46 Number of days it took Phileas Fogg to go around the world 47 Flower near a pad

50 What “:” stands for in an analogy

51 Continue one’s military service

52 Farm measure 54 Of uncertain origin: Abbr.

55 Wagers

57 Green-lit

58 Valuable rock

59 Musician Yoko 60 Longtime

61 12/31, briefly