The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 0208

Across

1 From Clwyd or Gwynedd counties 6 Month before

Shawwal 13 Favoring the

fortunate few 16 Cheyenne ally 17 Feature in

“People”? 18 Germany 19 Steady gig 21 Actress Elisabeth who’s been on the cover of Rolling Stone, ironically 22 Company behind the 2017 film “Coco”

23 More than a

moratorium 24 Biblical king who sought the counsel of the Witch of Endor 27 U.R.I. URL

ending 29 Starship’s second #1 hit, after “We Built This City” 33 Ernest Gallo 38 With 66-Across, Bond specification 39 Way, way back 40 Sprint

competitor 42 ___-ray 43 “It’s-a me,

Mario!” 45 Second-year student, for short

47 ___ Jam

records 48 “___ me” (modern parting words) 49 Goddess often pictured in a chariot

51 Cons

55 Young stray 57 & 61 1987 Robert Townsend satire … or a hint to deciphering four clues in this puzzle

63 Band not known for music? 64 Contemptuous

countenance 65 Triangular road sign’s signification 66 See 38-Across 67 Hair pieces?

Down

1 This side of

the puzzle 2 ___ Martell, “Game of Thrones” princess 3 Good name for a florist?

4 Bell locales 5 Language in

Lucknow 6 Head-butts 7 Total

arithmetically 8 Molten rock 9 Things to wipe your hands on 10 Standard work shifts 11 “Eureka”-esque

exclamations 12 Prefix with

denial

14 Pixy ___

(candy) 15 When repeated, “Animal House” chant 20 Maddux who won four Cy Young Awards 23 ___-Shave 24 Onetime Volvo

rivals

25 WASP part 26 Exhaust 28 Ellipses, e.g. 30 Cartoon

genre

31 Brand with a crown logo 32 Face-planted 34 Escape

35 “Holy cow!” 36 Folk stories 37 Young ’un 41 Its capital is

Gaborone

44 “In that

case …” 46 Young cow 50 Word that becomes its own synonym if you add “pr” to the front 52 Nail

53 ___ mater 54 Gift of Balthazar to the baby Jesus 55 Tiny amount 56 Mercedes

competitor 57 Attention 58 Chief figure in

the Eddas 59 Sound on Old MacDonald’s farm

60 Barking lot? 61 Serpentine

sound

62 Burn cause