N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Long Island university 7 Agenda starter 13 Well-read folks 15 Cube source 16 “Me too” 17 Like some radiation 18 Rihanna’s first #1 single 19 Windsurfing mecca 20 Suffix with class 21 Fair-hiring inits. 22 Carlo in the film business 23 Land of ancient Ephesus 25 England’s last Catholic king 28 Sign of stress 32 Quarreling 33 Vague reason for a social turndown 37 Verb-to-noun suffix 38 Martial arts rank 39 “So that’s the trick here!” 40 Popular 41 At one time, once 43 Jack 45 It may start with “Starters” 46 Composer Rimsky-Korsakov 48 One might get you in 50 Don-turned-con 52 Storyteller’s admission 53 Johns 56 “Star Trek: T.N.G.” role 57 Whit 58 Charge 61 Food item that may be eaten on a dare 63 Per se 65 Modus ___ 66 “Forget they said that” 67 Follower of the Bushido code 68 Lights

Down

1 “I wish it weren’t so” 2 Rat Pack nickname 3 Airport data, for short 4 French article 5 Trailers, e.g. 6 Sampled the sauce 7 Flat population? 8 Iago’s wife 9 ___ Kanata, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” character 10 “The Grapes of Wrath” migrant 11 Rarest of the 50 state birds 12 So 14 Ballyhoo 15 First name in fashion 22 Stroke 24 Bitter ___ 25 Will Smith’s actor son 26 Space Invaders maker 27 Eastern European capital 29 Laid up, say 30 Sharing mail with, in a way 31 Transition 34 First name in horror 35 “Now I see!” 36 Halloween follower: Abbr. 42 Deck (out) 43 Devastating name in 2005 news 44 There are two Oscars for it 45 “___ Men” 47 Mandrake the Magician’s sidekick 49 Pummel 51 Squealed 52 Past the baseline, in tennis 53 “… but ___ counting?” 54 Lola’s club, in brief 55 Hold back 58 Stocking stuffers 59 “Night” memoirist Wiesel 60 New newts 62 Grand ___ (wine phrase) 64 Title of respect that’s an anagram of another title of respect