NY Times Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Vacation spot 6 Push-button bankers

10 Bad day for Caesar

14 Seat preference, for some

15 Fool

16 Deli cry

17 Start of a quip about a hobby group 19 Blanchett of “The Aviator” 20 Golfer’s concern 21 “Buenos ___” 22 Kama ___

23 Part 2 of the quip

27 Buds

28 Casual pair 29 Word before sauce or soda

32 Reason why not 33 “Deck the Halls” contraction 36 Part 3 of the quip

41 & 42 Usual result of a leadoff batter getting three strikes 43 Utah politician Hatch

44 ___ Horse

47 Shiny fabric 49 Part 4 of the quip 54 Part of U.S.M.C. 55 Memo abbreviation 56 ___ & Perrins (Worcestershire sauce brand) 58 Celebrated figure

59 End of the quip

62 Sicilian peak 63 Cousin of a bassoon 64 Back-comb

65 Full of promise, as an outlook 66 Lip

67 Came to a close

DOWN

1 Cry like a baby 2 Letters from down on the farm?

3 “My Name Is ___ Lev” (Chaim Potok novel) 4 Browns’ home, on scoreboards 5 Instance of psychological trickery

6 Family name of Morticia and Gomez 7 Rwandan group 8 Dash readout 9 Catch, as a movie

10 Some evil spirits

11 Galactic Empire superweapon 12 One playing a small part

13 Place

18 Iranian currency

22 Tahoe, for one 24 Modern replacement for a cash register 25 Artery problem 26 Filmmaker Riefenstahl

29 Co. money manager 30 Guitarist Wood of the Rolling Stones

31 Tiny orbiters 32 Film director’s cry

34 Here, to Henri 35 Where trains stop: Abbr. 37 Nod off 38 Accepts, as an argument

39 Put up to run 40 Agonize (over) 45 Opportunity to determine if the referee blew it 46 ___ longa, vita brevis

47 Petrol units 48 Prepare to get a hand

49 More standoffish 50 Acknowledge silently

51 What someone might make a stand for? 52 Classic story in which Paris figures prominently

53 Intuition 57 Like Scotch, for a minimum of three years 59 What some smartphones run on 60 Dream Team members’ org. 61 China’s Sun Yat___