The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 1950s-’60s sitcom nickname 5 Chaps

9 They take dedication to write 13 Scary story? 15 Specialty

16 Wolf’s gait

17 A chair might hold one 18 Droop

19 Huff

20 Totally does the trick 23 Really stand out

26 What makes the Impossible Burger possible

27 “___ That Good News,” 1964 Sam Cooke album

28 Train maker

30 Shred

32 Golfer Poulter with three P.G.A. Tour wins

35 2001 comedy starring Reese Witherspoon 37 Dum-dum

38 Like hedgehogs 39 Twice-chewed food

40 “___ makes the going great” (old ad slogan)

41 R&B singer Gray 42 Reporting internal wrongdoing

44 Chemical suffix

45 Like ___ knife through butter

46 Less distinct 47 Best-selling game series for the Xbox

49 Small island

50 When doubled, a 2010s dance 51 Act riskily … or what three answers in this puzzle do 56 Shopper’s stop

57 Corn product

58 Out of this world

62 Very

63 Bluesy James

64 Trunk

65 Makes a case against 66 Animal in “Do-Re-Mi” 67 Informal title of respect

DOWN

1 Traveler’s item 2 Efficiency symbol, in physics 3 Durable transport, for short 4 Perspective 5 Nervously awkward 6 Author Leon 7 Long-distance call

8 Fill

9 Actress Elizabeth of the “Avengers” films 10 Goodwill receptacle 11 Completely amazing, in slang 12 Egyptian god of chaos 14 Near

21 Sushi order

22 Korean export 23 Blood bank need 24 Crankcase component 25 Mountie’s ride

29 Big Apple inits.

30 Arctic native

31 9 to 5, e.g.

33 State wildflower of Georgia 34 “Enough!”

36 Evening hour in Spain 37 She performed “We Shall Overcome” at the 1963 March on Washington 40 Crawl space?

42 Hooted and hollered 43 Language with five tones 45 Key near the space bar 48 Products of some plants 49 Obvious

51 Biotech crops, e.g., for short

52 Home of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport 53 Observe

54 Up the ___ 55 Coalition

59 Saving option, in brief

60 Gift that much thought is put into?

61 Foreign denial