NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Small group, as of

trees 6 Hibernating 13 Lush 14 Greek god of

bondage? 15 Greek goddess of

learning? 16 Greek goddess of

communication? 17 Slogging areas 18 “You want to go

___?” 20 Had wings 21 23-Across and

others 22 Wear away 23 Slugger’s first

name 25 Young ’un 26 Does a number

on 27 Greek god of

fertility? 31 Greek goddess of

messages? 33 Used bookstore

containers 34 Pep rally cry 35 Catch some rays 36 Bumpy 38 Sicilian’s millions 39 Key to understanding the theme of this puzzle 43 Title villain of a

“Star Trek” film 44 May, for one 45 Peeping ___ 46 1940s war zone:

Abbr. 47 Prepares to fire 48 Greek god of equal opportunity? 53 Greek god of

electricity? 55 Actor Ryan 56 Hit bonus, for

short 57 Poison indicators,

on bottles 58 Butler’s last words 59 Goad gently 60 ___ alai 62 Acting exercise 63 Cut a rug 64 Greek god of

healthy hair? 67 Greek god of

mercy? 69 Greek god of

tangy drinks? 70 Goof-offs 71 Weapon-free 72 Fabric meas.

Down

1 Cable channel that broadcasts trials 2 Silver streaks 3 Weapons in

action films 4 Trysted 5 Do before, as a

gift chore 6 Bumpers of

Arkansas 7 Common lunch

hour 8 Grammys

category 9 Lt. commander of

’60s TV 10 Frequently 11 Hawaiian goose 12 Poet on whose work “Cats” is based: Abbr. 13 Tony Blair, for one 14 Nothing more

than 15 Be a ham 16 Kennedy and

others 19 Base clearers 22 Cuts in expenses 23 Macy’s Parade

locale 24 Dash units 26 Disparaging

remark 27 Best Picture of

1958 28 Rock’s Police or

Cream, e.g. 29 Get through work 30 “Does” or

“doesn’t” follower 32 Where to see “Outside the Lines” 33 America’s only bachelor president 37 Province opp.

Detroit 38 Life’s partner 39 Baba au ___ 40 Tombstone

lawman 41 Club aliases, for

short 42 Work hard 43 Mauna ___ 47 “Facts ___ facts” 49 Moriarty, to

Holmes 50 Wrinkle removers 51 You can count on

it 52 “Boxcars” 54 Performer of a

banishing act 55 “To Spring” and

others 58 Air force heroes 59 Had feelings (for) 60 Sign up 61 ___ mater 62 Hillside thrill-ride

need 63 Emmy-winning

Tyne 64 Winter woe 65 “___ shocked…

shocked!” 66 String between

B and F 68 “By yesterday”