NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Spanish house

5 Italian fashion giant 11 Blithering fool 14 Appearance of a

comet, to some 15 Capital on the eastern

Mediterranean 16 Word after Doctor or guess

17 Like hallucinogenic drugs

19 Unaccounted for, briefly

20 Opening remarks 21 Uplifting verse 22 Netflix crime drama starring Jason Bateman

24 Preserved, as pastrami 25 Society’s woes

27 Targets for exterminators 28 Retirement benefits org.

29 Long ago

31 Easy as ___

33 One crying “Yer out!” 34 Nordic capital 36 “Hamilton” creator ___-Manuel Miranda 39 Subtly suggests

42 Sport one’s biceps 43 N.Y.S.E. debut

44 Needs a rubdown, say 45 ___ safe distance

46 Dog collar attachment 48 Post-o.r. stop

49 Something to behold 51 “Untrue!”

52 The piper’s son, in a nursery rhyme

53 Drink in a red, white and blue cup

54 Alike: Fr.

55 Save, in a way

57 Surf’s sound

59 Emissions watchdog, for short

62 Knocked the socks off

64 Some customized cars 66 In the loop, so to speak 67 007 creator Fleming 68 Kim of “Vertigo” 69 Company where the computer mouse was developed

70 Results of some Hail Mary passes, informally 71 Pesky fliers

DOWN

1 Sunday newspaper section

2 B-plus beater

3 Nissan compact 4 “Giant” of wrestling and moviedom 5 Rushmore neighbor of Teddy

6 “The Bathers” Impressionist

7 Neither left nor right 8 Disney mermaid’s name

9 Cloistered one, perhaps

10 “Let ___!”

11 “Jeez, that’s too bad!” 12 Jersey

13 Long baths 18 Calculation using height and weight 23 Actor Efron

26 BOGO event

30 Settle on, with “for”

32 Place to duke it out 33 Take advantage of 35 Venetian blind part 36 “The Loco-motion” singer, 1962

37 Bitter brews, for short 38 “Ain’t happenin’”

39 Trot or canter

40 Danish shoe brand 41 Hand-to-hand combat?

45 Get mellower 47 Doomed from the start, for short 50 “Bleah!”

54 It’s near a temple 56 Prefix with nautical 58 Totally rules

60 Heinie

61 Seeks, as a price 62 Impermanent sculpture material 63 Not be up to date on bills

64 Beyond tipsy

65 Put on