The New York Times Crossword

No. 0205

ACROSS

1 Holiday Inn alternative 7 Where you might go through withdrawal? 10 “Kapow!”

14 Left

15 Get major hang time, in snowboarding lingo 17 College in Claremont, Calif. 18 Al who famously drove a white Ford Bronco

19 Brief hookup 21 Fair-hiring inits.

22 No longer in bondage

24 One of the musicians on the 11th day of Christmas 28 Showtime alternative

31 Law partner?

33 “The Scream” and “The Kiss,” for two

36 Vein contents 37 American ___ (another name for the century plant) 38 Slayer of Tybalt

39 Ardent

40 Hoover, e.g., informally 41 Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in “Strangers in the Night” 43 Infotainment show with an exclamation point in its name 46 Keg necessity

47 Cuts back on

48 What an ID may substitute for?

50 Put away

52 Some garage sale goods … or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41- and 62-Across have done? 59 Archrivals of the Blue Devils 61 Refrigerator, old-style 62 Verses-vs.-verses competitor 63 Gay who wrote “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” 64 Healthful leaf vegetable 65 “Straight Outta Compton” group

66 Totally embarrassed

DOWN

1 Tow job, maybe 2 Impulse transmitter 3 Performer without a speaking part

4 Loads

5 They’re not just skeptics

6 “Curiosity killed the cat,” e.g. 7 Bank no.

8 Ski resort NNE of Santa Fe

9 Daily run, for short? 10 Kvetch

11 Ceded control of 12 Bailed-out insurance giant of 2008

13 Better half, with “the” 16 Mild cigar

20 Hurry, with “it” 23 Mock 24 Something a seismograph detects 25 Honolulu’s historic ___ Palace

26 Police show, say

27 Just get (by)

29 Deadly African snake 30 Ivy, e.g. 32 Mulligans, e.g. 34 Chicago airport code 35 Death, in Deutschland 39 Legal org.

42 Like some illusions 44 Message written on a car window 45 Blind followers 49 Classic theater 51 “West Side Story” woman

53 Zoomed 54 Racketeer’s org.? 55 Poker giveaway 56 Really, informally 57 Symbol of Aphrodite 58 Deleted 59 “Naughty!” 60 Calamares ___ romana (seafood dish)