NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Players in a play
5 In a while
9 One of thousands in a Rose Bowl float
14 Prussia’s ___ von Bismarck
15 Fat-removing surgery, for short
16 Extreme pain
17 Caboose’s location
18 Ode or sonnet
19 Shrink in fear
20 “Jeez, lighten up, will ya!”
23 Ram’s mate
24 How extraterrestrials come, we hope
25 Think (over)
27 U.S. intelligence org.
28 Bombarded, as with questions
32 Ham it up
35 Score in hockey
36 Black-tie charity event, maybe
37 Sprinted 38 As expected
39 Long-running CBS drama
40 The “I” of I.M.F.: Abbr.
42 Abode in Aachen 43 Earns
45 Pieces of evidence in court
47 Grammy winner ___ Nas X
48 Replacement for the lira and mark
49 Faux fireplace items
53 U.S.S.R. intelligence org.
55 Like medical expenses you pay for yourself
58 Long (for)
60 What a wheel connects to
61 Author/journalist Quindlen
62 Cove
63 Order to someone holding a deck of cards
64 Game suggested by the ends of 20-, 38- and 55-Across and 11- and 34-Down
65 On/off device
66 Fare for aardvarks
67 Letters on love letters
Down
1 Welsh ___ (dog)
2 Had dinner at home
3 It may say “Forever”
4 Suffering
5 Andean animal valued for its wool
6 Mythical woman after whom element 41 is named
7 Abbr. below “0” on a phone
8 Iditarod terminus
9 Get stuff ready to go
10 Bigheadedness
11 Bar from the bathroom?
12 Once more
13 Muse’s instrument
21 “At ___, soldier!”
22 Enough
26 Turkey drumstick, e.g.
28 Hocus-___
29 Évian and Perrier
30 Alternatively
31 Speaker’s platform
32 Great Lake with the smallest volume
33 Tail-less cat
34 Alert
35 Insect you may swat away
38 State school SE of Columbus, in brief
41 Lucy of TV’s “Elementary”
43 Kind of soup often served at a sushi bar
44 Sign of online shouting
46 Literary Emily or Charlotte
47 Places for tiny U.S. flags
49 Key for Debussy’s “La fille aux cheveux de lin”
50 “All righty then …”
51 Italian city known for its salami
52 What holds up an ear of corn
53 Ukraine’s capital, to Ukrainians
54 Actress Rowlands
56 “Look what I did!”
57 Animals in a yoke
59 Gun, as an engine