The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0906

Across

1 1964 title role for Anthony Quinn 6 Where to do one’s bidding, maybe 10 Not that 14 Like more than half of the earth’s population 15 Some fancywork 16 “The ___ of the Ancient Mariner” 17 Suddenly cut off all communication with … but do so nicely? 19 Great Plains people 20 Leave full 21 Something that may be up one’s sleeve 22 Jokester 23 Cordial shipbuilders? 27 Rude rejoinder popularized by the Fonz of 1970s TV 30 For real

31 Like cheering audiences 32 Something up one’s sleeve? 33 Classroom projectile 35 Pens a seafaring tale? 40 ___ Paradise, narrator of “On the Road” 41 X a box, say 42 Superman’s baby name 43 Flap of skin hanging from a bovine’s neck 46 Fence-sitter’s question 48 Sacramental friars? 50 Oxford and Surrey in “Richard III” 51 Novelist Chang-___ Lee 52 Tooth trouble 56 Con Ed, e.g.: Abbr. 57 “It’s a plan” … and what might be said of 17-, 23-, 35- and 48-Across 60 In the public eye

61 Let go 62 Marathoning powerhouse 63 Phonetic initialism along Canadian roadways 64 Nosegay 65 Black tea region

Down

1 Sharply turns back the other way 2 Worker welfare grp. 3 Run ___ 4 Start of a paint job 5 Myrmecologist’s specimen 6 Draw out 7 6-0 set, in tennis lingo 8 Bavarian “Bah!”

9 So far 10 Horse’s watering spot 11 What a marathoner may do around mile 20 12 Cry from one who’s fuming 13 Oozes 18 Shankar at Woodstock 22 Prefix with gender 24 As to 25 Radio station on TV 26 Canning tomato 27 Maxims 28 Lightens up? 29 Travel kit filler 32 Back on a cruise 34 Kind of counter in a supermarket

36 Take off 37 Dirt-digging research, for short 38 Heath bar shelfmate 39 Many links 44 “Uh … huhuh” 45 Scale units: Abbr. 46 Lemony quaff 47 Obey 48 Second rule of waste reduction 49 Makes even 53 Swindles 54 Georgetown athlete 55 North Holland cheese town 57 Syrupy stuff 58 Good Grips kitchen brand 59 Rocksteady precursor