CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Takes over

7 Set

15 Mendeleev’s homeland

16 Nobel Prize presentation, say 17 Fix 18 Vader’s choice 19 Like one hiding contraband on his person? 21 “Dropped” drug 22 Texas __: oil 23 Notable times 24 First-time hot-dog griller?

32 Aqua relative 35 Flutes, for example 36 Notepad option 40 Gridiron maneuver 41 Like some allergy sufferers

43 __ Stone, co-star of the “Jacques Brel” musicals

44 Like designers of Halloween costumes? 48 Scout in “To Kill Mockingbird,” e.g. 49 Peninsular U.S. st. 52 Org. with briefs 55 Campus anti-hazing policy, basically?

59 Lab neatener 61 Face 62 Ninth-century pope 63 Fill with love 64 Bully’s trait 65 Supremely irked

Down

1 Boats

2 Quite odd

3 Harbor city of ancient Rome

4 Useful TV spots: Abbr. 5 Wall Street crawl 6 Much of Algeria 7 Modern office furniture

8 With 13-Down, has a fender bender with

9 Isn’t correct

10 Toy since ancient times

11 KLM hub letters 12 Agitate

13 See 8-Down

14 Like gumdrops

20 Ute relative

24 It often includes a trysts

25 Falcons’ home: Abbr. 26 “Give __ break!” 27 Qty.

28 Wool fabric 29 “Downton Abbey” title 30 Long border range 31 Bank (on)

32 Gang land

33 Dept. formed under Carter

34 German family-owned discount market 37 Kabuki relative

38 Nov. NJ setting

39 Rep. foe

42 “Oh, man, check it out!”

45 Actor Cage, casually 46 Large numbers 47 Climate-disrupting phenomenon 49 Home-building stage 50 Colonel Sanders’ head, and its ilk 51 Watchful

52 Driver with lines 53 “This was my dream. What it doth __, God knows”: “Henry VI, Part 2” 54 India tourist city 55 Writer Lebowitz 56 Early writing symbol 57 Sale condition

58 Past 15-Across leader 60 Receptacle