NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Part of a metaphorical ladder 4 Any of the Galápagos 8 Color classification quality 14 Italian article 15 “Angels From the Realms of Glory,”

e.g. 16 Like psychopaths, say 17 Cellphone feature, for short 18 Sports team management group 20 “You missed ___” 22 Suffix with diet 23 “... boy ___ girl?” 24 Language for a 37-Down 25 Some navels 28 California’s ___ Padres National

Forest 29 Digress 32 Word appearing more than 20 times

on Iran’s flag 33 Like some music 34 ___ meteor shower 36 Muscle cramps, e.g. 40 Covered 44 Capital on the Gulf of Guinea 45 What a mayor wins, usually 49 Engage in some pillow talk 50 Orion ___ 51 French word with a circumflex 52 Play (with) 53 What portable Apple products run 54 It can be found in runes 56 Toggle … or a hint to 18-, 29- and 45Across? 60 Kitten call 62 Classic 1740 romance subtitled “Virtue Rewarded” 63 Contests 64 Kind of dye 65 To some extent 66 Architect Saarinen 67 Shiny, say

DOWN

1 ___-eared 2 Out, in a way 3 Certain jazz club improvisation 4 Dope 5 To some extent 6 48-Down follower 7 Movement founded by Yasser Arafat 8 Age calculation at a vet clinic 9 Medical grp. 10 ___ Swanson, “Parks and Recreation” boss 11 13-Down athlete 12 Diacritical mark 13 See 11-Down 19 Popular corn chip, informally 21 Expiation 24 Even in Paris? 26 Mixed martial arts org. 27 Lose one’s patience with,

maybe 30 Many a Browns fan 31 Epitome of slowness 35 “This may be controversial,

but …” 37 Arthur Conan Doyle, e.g. 38 “Batman” villain in a cryogenic

suit 39 Cry at home, maybe 41 “America’s favorite active pro

athlete,” per a 2012 ESPN poll 42 Slippery 43 Singer Lana ___ Rey 45 Exotic aquarium specimens 46 Speechwriter who coined the phrase “Read my lips: no new taxes” 47 Classical musician whose career has had its ups and downs? 48 6-Down preceder 55 Very 57 Small number 58 Fourth-largest state in population:

Abbr. 59 N.H.L. impossibility 61 “That’s crazy!”