NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 Handy guy 8 Singled or doubled 15 Words declining an invitation 16 Character voiced by Samuel L. Jackson in “The Incredibles” 17 Stimpy, on “The Ren & Stimpy Show”

18 Tako, on a sushi menu

19 9 to 5, e.g.

20 One born on a kibbutz 22 Senate majority leader between Dole and Daschle 23 Pittance 24 Sealing wax ingredient 25 First-magnitude star in Cygnus 26 College city on I-35

28 Mutated gene 30 Investment inits. 31 Rastafari messiah 33 Walter ___, 1950s-’70s Dodgers manager

35 One tapped for a

stage show? 36 Prow’s place 37 Enter quickly 40 In poorer financial shape, say

44 Country music’s

___ Young Band 45 100 céntimos 47 Trick

48 Pitching no-nos 50 Ad word often written with an exclamation point

51 Park place? 52 “Can I get an ___?”

53 Gas giant 55 “Happy Days” character played by Marion Ross, informally 56 Gets a six-pack, say

58 Kind of kind 60 George’s mother on “Seinfeld” 61 Family nickname 62 Agreed 63 Criticized severely

Down

1 Drinks in flutes 2 Former Indiana arena that hosted four Final Fours

3 Big fantasy sports betting site

4 Rock band with the 1988 #1 hit “Need You Tonight” 5 Onetime British band whose name consists of letters suggesting “bliss” 6 Alternatives to Krogers and Safeways

7 Blatant falsehood 8 Something everyone on earth experiences 9 Swimmer with big calves 10 Squirt 11 Nitrogen compound 12 “Get going already!”

13 Still being developed 14 Détente issue 21 Bundle up 25 Wooded valleys 27 Military band 28 United

29 ___ Ingalls Wilder, author of “Little House on the Prairie” 32 They can be used as icebreakers 34 Whole bunch

36 Spicy finger food 37 Highlights of some political campaigns 38 Colorado city on the Rio Grande 39 Character in “Friends” 40 Hall-of-Fame coach Ewbank 41 Engine part that distributes lubrication evenly

42 A Bobbsey twin 43 Sold for 46 Online buster of myths 49 Weak-___ 53 Half-assed sort? 54 100 kurus 55 Actress Suvari 57 Roguish 59 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse player, for short